How It Works-Book Of Dinosaurs

MOST AMAZING DINOSAURS

Deinonychus

(‘Terrible claw’)

Carnivore

Early Cretaceous, 110 MYA

Found in: North America

Lived in: Swamps

Birds are thought to have

evolved from dinosaurs,

and it was fossils of

Deinonychus that fi

rst

made scientists make

the connection

Fact

Long fi ngers

They had long fi ngers

with claws at end, the

wrist bone is shown in red

Intelligent

Deinonychus had quite large

brains compared to other

dinosaurs, making them

some of the smartest

dinosaurs around

Slash and tear

Large claw used for

slashing prey

Profi cient predator

A fl exible neck helped it

attack from all angles

Bird-like

Some scientists think the

legs closely resembled

eagles and hawks

Pack hunter
Deinonychus were
quite small so they
may have hunted in
packs to catch prey
larger than themselves

Dino skill

Deinonychus is named after its large,

hooked claw on the second toe of each foot,

which it would use to slash at its prey.

Killer rating: 4/5

Speed: 3/5

Defence: 3/5

Deinonychus