Dromaeosauroides

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Dromaeosauroides bornholmensis

Dromaeosauroides ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in DK.

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When: Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) · roughly 143.1 to 137.1 million years ago
Named in: 2003 · Christiansen, P.; Bonde, N.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 2–4 m · 7–13 ft
Weight: 40 kg · 88 lb
Found in: DK · Jydegaard
Food and walking: Carnivore · Two legs
Kind: sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
Family branch: Dromaeosauridae

The story in short

The genus Dromaeosauroides dates to 2003, the year P. Christiansen and N. Bonde described it. The name means “resembling Dromaeosaurus.”

Fossils referred to Dromaeosauroides date to the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian), roughly 143.1 to 137.1 million years ago. Finds come from DK, including the Jydegaard Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Dromaeosauroides at a length near 2–4 m and a body mass around 40 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Dromaeosauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

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Dakotaraptor

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