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
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
Velociraptor is a genus of small dromaeosaurid dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 75 million to 71 million years ago. Two species are currently recognized, although o
Eudromaeosauria
…Today, Dromaeosaurinae has been formally defined as a monophyletic group including Dromaeosaurus and all the other dromaeosaurs closer to it than to Velociraptor, Microraptor, Passer and Unenlagia. This group was also moved to be within its own family, Dromaeosauridae, which was named when it became apparent…
Velociraptor skeleton white background
The Flaming Cliffs, Mongolia in 2018
Line diagram of V. mongoliensis holotype skull and associated manual ungual
Velociraptor specimen MPC-D 100/982, possibly a new species