Hector is the most complete skeleton of Deinonychus antirrhopus ever found, according to Christie’s. The specimen, excavated in Montana in 2013, dates back to the early Cretaceous period: 115 to ...

He said fossils found in the 1960s included multiple Deinonychus antirrhopus around the remains of larger, plant-eating dinosaurs that were too big for a single raptor to bring down.

In contrast, Deinonychus antirrhopus stretched over 11 feet from end to end and sported a much taller snout. Soon enough, Paul heeded their remarks and resumed calling a spade a spade and a ...

That’s the finding of a new study that analyzed teeth from Deinonychus antirrhopus, wolf-sized raptors that lived in what is now North America during the Cretaceous Period more than 100 million ...

Using stable isotope analysis, researchers studied tooth carbonate from Deinonychus antirrhopus fossils—a raptor that lived during the early Cretaceous period and had a gnarly set of backward ...

He said fossils found in the 1960s included multiple Deinonychus antirrhopus around the remains of larger, plant-eating dinosaurs that were too big for a single raptor to bring down.

Hector, the Deinonychus antirrhopus that will be auctioned at Christie’s. Michael Crichton, the author of “Jurassic Park,” decided to call the creature a velociraptor, which stuck for the movie.

Late on Thursday, Christie’s sold the skeleton of a Deinonychus antirrhopus — a species that became one of the world’s most recognizable dinosaurs after the release of the movie “Jurassic ...

New study found Deinonychus antirrhopus had different carbon isotope values in the smallest and largest teeth By Chris Ciaccia Fox News Published August 19, 2020 7:38am EDT Video ...

Deinonychus antirrhopus, which weighed up to 100 pounds and was about the size of a wolf, was believed to have hunted solo while roaming across central and Eastern Asia in the late Cretaceous period.

Artistic restoration of Deinonychus antirrhopus./Fred Wierum/Wikipedia/Creative Commons By studying the chemistry of the teeth, the paleontologists were able to get clues about the creatures' diet ...

'Hector,' as it was nicknamed, sold for $12.4 million at a Christie's auction. The 100-million-year-old dinosaur, a Deinonychus antirrhopus, is a type of dinosaur first identified in 1964. The ...