- Type of dinosaur:
- small theropod
- Length:
- 1.8m
- Weight:
- 15kg
- Diet:
- carnivorous
- Teeth:
- small, razor-sharp, backward-curving teeth
- Food:
- vertebrates
- How it moved:
- on 2 legs
- When it lived:
- Late Cretaceous, 76-74 million years ago
- Found in:
- Canada,
- USA
The back foot of this dinosaur had a large claw for kicking.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae
- Named by:
- Matthew and Brown (1922)
- Type species:
- albertensis
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