Metazoa info

[Duke Guilmon]

XDromaeosaurus(Running Lizard)


X Dromaeosaurus Albertensis

Height:6ft 7in

Weight:33lb

First appeared: 76.5 million years ago(Late Cretaceous)
Went extinct: 74.8 million years ago(Late Cretaceous)

Location: North america, fossils found in places like Hell Creek, and Red Deer River.



Taxonomy:

Class:Reptilia
Clade: Sauropsida
Clade:Eureptila
Clade:Romeriida
Cladeiapsida
Clade:Neodiapsids
Clade:Archosauromorpha
Clade:Archosauriformes
Clade:Crurotarsi
Clade:Archosauria
Clade:Avemetatarasalia
Cladeinosauromorpha
Cladeinosauriformes
Superorderinosauria
Order:Saurischia
Suborder:Theropoda
Clade:Averostra
Clade:tetanurae
Claderionides
Clade:Avetheropoda
Clade:Coelurosauria
Clade:Maniraptoriformes
Clade:Maniraptora
Clade:Chuniaoae
Cladearaves
Clade:XDeinonychosauria
Superfamily:XDromaeosaurioidea
Family:XDromaeosauridae
Clade:XEudromaeosauria
Subfamily:XDromaeasaurinae
Genus:XDromaeosaurus
Type Species:XDromaeosaurus Albertensis

Diet: This dinosaur was a carnivore, hunting dinosaurs like the Genus Hadrosaurus.

Anatomy: Unfortunately dinosaurs barely leave traces of organs and flesh. But there are fossils. Like many members of its family, this dinosaur has a hook claw, in which they use to slice open their prey, and help it keep a good grip on struggling prey. They also had feathers to keep warm and incubate eggs.

Behavior: Dromeosaurus were social animals. They hunted,ate, and breeded in packs.

Reproduction: Not much is known but they did lay a nest of eggs.

Relationship with other animals: Hadrosaurs like Edmontosaurus and Tenontosaurus were the prey of these animals. The competition for this food would be bigger dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus Rex.


The fossil of the once fearsome pack hunter.

Other sources:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Dromaeosauridae

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3M5RmWZmFQ

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/spec...aurus.html