dromaeosaur
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See also: dromæosaur
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[edit]Back-formation from Dromaeosauridae
Noun
[edit]dromaeosaur (plural dromaeosaurs)
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- Any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.
- 2021 February 25, Cara Giaimo, “The Outsized Influence of Teen T. Rex and Other Young Dinosaurs”, in The New York Times[1]:
- In communities with megatheropods, Ms. Schroeder and colleagues found what they call a “carnivore gap”: a large swath of medium-size niches that were empty. For instance, the Hell Creek Formation, a well-studied fossil area that stretches from modern day Utah to Alberta, was once home to 630-pound grown-up dromaeosaurs, 7-ton adult T. rexes — and no mature meat-eaters in between.
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[edit]Dromaeosauridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia