Deinonychus antirrhopus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Deinonychosauria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: †Deinonychosauria

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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