Deinonychus antirrhopus
Taxonavigation
Familia: †Dromaeosauridae
Subfamilia: †Velociraptorinae
Genus: †Deinonychus
Species: †Deinonychus antirrhopus
Name
Deinonychus antirrhopus Ostrom, 1969
Holotype: YPM 5205
Type locality and horizon: United States, Montana state; Early Cretaceous Laurasia, Cloverly Formation
Etymology: from Greek αντίρροπος (antírropos, “counterbalancing”), in reference to the unusual adaptation of the caudal vertebrae. [Ostrom, 1969a: page 5]
Synonyms
- Velociraptor antirrhopus Ostrom, 1969
References
Primary references
- Ostrom, J.H. 1969. A new theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana. Postilla 128: 1–17. DOI: 10.12987/9781933789408-015 BHL
Reference page. - Ostrom, J.H. 1969. Osteology of Deinonychus antirrhopus, an unusual theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 30: 1–165. BHL Reference page.
Links
- Deinonychus antirrhopus – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
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