Raptors ~ Raptors' is a nickname for the Dromaeosaur group. Reptor is variously said to mean 'plunderer', 'thief' or 'hunter' (birds of prey are also called raptors). Dramaeosaurs ware medium-sized, pwrful, agile meat-eating dinosaurs that lived mainly about 110-65 mllion years ago.
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Most dramaeosaurs were 1.5-3 m from nose to tail, weighed 20-60 kg, and stood 1-2 m tall. Velociraptor lived 75-70 million years ago, in what is now the barren scrub anda desert of Mongolia in Central Asia.
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On each foot, a dromaeosaur had alarge, curved claw that in could swing in an arc to slash through its victim's flesh.
Like other raptors, velociraptor probably ran fast and could leap great distances on its powerful back legs. The dromaeosaurs are named after the 1.8 m long Dromaeosaurus from North America. One of the least known of the group, from very few fossil finds.
The best-known raptor is probably Deinonychus. The Large mouths of dromaeosaurs opened wide and were equipped with many small, sharp, curved teeth.
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