Definitions
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- noun Any omnivorous or carnivorous
coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria
Etymologies
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Back-formation from Deinonychosauria
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Examples
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Li, R et al 2008 Behavioral and faunal implications of Early Cretaceous deinonychosaur trackways from China.
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But the combination of traits, at least in their analysis, pulls Archaeopteryx over to the deinonychosaur side of things.
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