Atrociraptor
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Atrociraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now Alberta, Canada. The first specimen, a partial skull, was discovered in 1995 by the fossil collec
Atrociraptor TMP 95.166.1
Assigned tooth
Hypothetical life restoration with body and plumage based on related dromaeosaurids
Reconstructed skeleton of the related Bambiraptor, a fellow member of Saurornitholestinae
Eudromaeosauria
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Eudromaeosauria is a subgroup of terrestrial dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaurs. They were small to large-sized predators that flourished during the Cretaceous Period. Eudromaeosaur fossils are known al
Atrociraptor
…fenestra was larger. The fragmentary nature of the holotype has made the exact relations of Atrociraptor uncertain; it was initially thought to be a velociraptorine, but is now considered a saurornitholestine. Atrociraptor is thought to have been specialised for attacking larger prey than other dromaeosaurids, due…
Eudromaeosauria Diversity
An illustration of the holotype of Dromaeosaurus from 1922
The tail of Dromaeosaurus
Casts of the skulls of Deinonychus (top) and Velociraptor (bottom) with the scleral rings visible inside the orbits