Dinosaurs
Dromaeosaurid skeleton
Dromaeosauridae indet.
A predator whose claw worked like a switchblade.
42 000 000 ₽ · By order
- Epoch
- Cretaceous period
- Age
- Late Cretaceous period
- Size
- 1.2 m
- Classification
- Dromaeosauridae, the “raptors”
- Habitat
- Open woodlands of the Late Cretaceous
- Ref.
- R–0272
The dromaeosaurids were small feathered predators of the Late Cretaceous, built closer to birds than to lizards: hollow bones, a stiff balancing tail, arms folded along the body with long fingers.
Their chief weapon was the enlarged sickle claw on the second toe. In running it was held clear of the ground so as not to blunt, and was brought into play only in attack.