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Spread Your Wings and Flap: New Evidence of Dromaeosaur Aerial Behaviours

Post author By maxsblogosaurus
Post date October 22, 2024
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It may not be evidence of full-on flight, but fossil footprints suggest that some Raptors could at the very least take off.

Tags Birds, Dinosaurs, Dromaeosaurids, Dromaeosauriformipes, Flapping Dinosaurs, Flying Dinosaurs, Jinju Formation, Microraptor, Microraptoria

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A History of Giant Raptors in the Fossil Record

Post author By maxsblogosaurus
Post date May 9, 2024
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The recent discovery of a titanic Chinese footprint raises an important question: how common were giant raptors in prehistory?

Tags Achillobator, Austroraptor, Bissekty Giant, Dakotaraptor, Deinonychus, Dinosaurs, Dromaeosaurids, Eudromaeosaurids, Paleontology, Troodon, Troodontids, Unenlagiinae, Utahraptor