The Predator with the “Terrible Claw”
Image by Emily Willoughby, via Wikimedia Commons
Deinonychus, whose name means “Terrible Claw,” was a carnivorous bird-like dinosaur that lived in the early to mid-Cretaceous period, around 120 million years ago. Other dinosaurs that lived around the same time include Spinosaurus, Sauroplites, and Titanosaurs. Deinonychus was first discovered by Grant E. Meyer and John H. Ostrom in Montana in 1964, and since then, other Denionychus fossils have been discovered in Utah and Wyoming. Here are five interesting facts about Deinonychus.Continue Reading …
