Dinosaur
Dromaeosaurus
Its name combines Greek words meaning "runner" and "lizard."
Dromaeosaurus gave its name to a family much better known than many of its individual specimens.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Dromaeosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Dromaeosauridae
- Dromaeosaurids
- Fossil locations
- United States, Alberta
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Dromaeosaurus
It gave its name to the family of dromaeosaurids. Its reference species, D. albertensis, was described in 1922 from North American material.
Its name combines Greek words that mean "runner" and "lizard." The family name connects several related genera. It does not mean that everyone had exactly the body of Dromaeosaurus nor that it was the direct ancestor of the others.
This family includes the animals commonly called raptors, with a large claw on the second toe. Feathers are documented in its members; movie reconstructions are not a reliable guide to their actual size.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
Its name combines Greek words that mean "runner" and "lizard." The family name connects several related genera. It does not mean that everyone had exactly the body of Dromaeosaurus nor that it was the direct ancestor of the others.
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- Dromaeosaurus albertensis
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- Dromaeosaurus
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- Dromaeosauridae
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