Carnivorous dinosaurs other than the famous t-rex and spinosaurus..

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" Utahraptor gained fame by starring in Jurassic Park. No you say, it was Velociraptor. Indeed, moviemaker Steven Spielberg used the name, Velociraptor in his movies, however, in reality, Velociraptor is less than half the size of the dinosaurs depicted in Jurassic Park. Utahraptor was found the year that Jurassic Park came out and gave scientific credence to the large-sized raptors in the movies. It’s just that they are really utahraptors not velociraptors!

A very large, deep, thin, blade-like claw core bone was uncovered in October, 1991, by Carl Limone, Preparator at the CEU Prehistoric Museum. The new claw’s similarity to the slashing claw on the foot of Deinonychus and Velociraptor of the dromaeosaurid family of dinosaurs was immediately recognized by the quarry personnel. The dromaeosaurid dinosaurs were the most savage predators, pound for pound, ever to have walked the earth. At 9 inches long, the bony core supported a claw which in life would have been 15 inches long, indicating an animal twice the size of Deinonychus. Additional finds, including bones of the skull and upper jaw, support this conclusion

Art: Riccardo Frapiccini "

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