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  • noun paleontology A birdlike theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.

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  • It belonged to either a caenagnathid or a small raptor called a dromaeosaurid, according to a paper published Thursday in the journal Palaeontology.

    CBC | Top Stories News 2008

  • It belonged to either a caenagnathid or a small raptor called a dromaeosaurid, according to a paper published Thursday in the journal Palaeontology.

    CBC | Top Stories News 2008

  • It's generally believed that a small species of dromaeosaurid (Velociraptor was one) called Troodon had the largest brain-to-body size ratio of all dinos, and probably had cat-like intelligence.

    Dinosaur Built (and Named) Like a Tank » E-Mail 2009

  • I've been wanting to make an entry about two more new dinosaurs, the velociraptorine dromaeosaurid Linheraptor exquisitus from the Late Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, and the "prosauropod" Seitaad ruessi from the Early Jurassic of Utah.

    "Fate is my destroyer. I was ambushed by a lie." greygirlbeast 2010

  • I've been wanting to make an entry about two more new dinosaurs, the velociraptorine dromaeosaurid Linheraptor exquisitus from the Late Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, and the "prosauropod" Seitaad ruessi from the Early Jurassic of Utah.

    "Fate is my destroyer. I was ambushed by a lie." greygirlbeast 2010

  • It's generally believed that a small species of dromaeosaurid (Velociraptor was one) called Troodon had the largest brain-to-body size ratio of all dinos, and probably had cat-like intelligence.

    Dinosaur Built (and Named) Like a Tank 2009

  • After the writing, before dinner, I watched an episode of Nova online, about the discovery in China of the four-winged, feathered dromaeosaurid theropod Microraptor and the evolution and biomechanics of flight in non-avian and avian theropods.

    Howard Hughes and the Little White Pills greygirlbeast 2009

  • I answered an email yesterday from someone who's writing a book on Alabama paleontology and wanted more information on the velociraptorine dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) tooth from the Mooreville Chalk that I described back in May 2004 (well, actually, the paper was written in 2001, I think, but published in May 2004).

    "Every little piece of your life..." sovay 2008

  • Shaharrazad and Suraa slew kobolds, dromaeosaurid theropods, giant spiders, ogres, (at Boulderfist Hall) and laid waist to countless humans at a Syndicate encampment (at Northfold Manor), all in the Arathi Highlands.

    "She had no heart so hardened, all under the boughs unbowed." crk_blog_vault 2008

  • It bores a relatively large, sickle-shaped claw, typical of dromaeosaurid and troodontid dinosaurs.

    American Society For Velociraptor Attack Prevention The Nag 2007

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