Deinonychus

Deinonychus Facts

Name Means	"Terrible Hand "
Type	Meat eater, killer/predator
Lived When	Early Cretaceous period, 115 million years ago
Weight	160 pounds
Height	3 feet tall
Length	11 feet long
Weapons	Deinonychus had large hands with three claws on each. The first claw was shortest and the second was longest. Each back foot had a sickle-shaped claw on the second "toe" which was probably used during a kill
Diet	Meat
Habitat	Montana, Wyoming, Oklahoma and possibly Maryland
Interesting Deinonychus Facts	One set of Deinonychus fossil and bones found in 1969 were found close to its egg, which scientists figure means it was nesting on the egg. This meant dinosaurs might actually be warm-blooded, like birds. Before this, most scientists thought dinosaurs were cold-blooded, like reptiles.

Deinonychus had twice as many teeth
on the bottom as on the top!

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