Name: Dromaeosaurus albertensis ("Swift Running Lizard" from Alberta)

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Location: Judith River Formation, Montana

Date Found: 1914

Specifications: Length - 8 feet; Height - 3 feet

Information: Dromaeosaurus belongs to a group informally known as raptors.  Raptors are dinosaurs with a sickle-shaped killing claw on its hind foot.

Here is an article from AIG addressing the supposed evolution from theropods (in particular Dromaeosaurus) to birds.

Our artist, Melanie Richard, created a model of Dromaeosaurus albertensis.