Bradycneme

- Pronunciation: BRAY-dee-kuh-NEE-mee
- Translation: Slow Leg or Heavy Shin
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Theropoda
- Infraorder: Tetanurae
- Micro-order: Maniraptora (of the microorder Coelurosauria)
- Family: Troâ€dontidae(not confirmed)
- Period: Late Cretaceous
- Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
- Notes: Bradycneme is known only through a portion of a lowerleg bone with a distinctive ankle joint. At one time, it was thoughtto be the fossil leg of a giant owl. The fossil was discoveredin Transylvania.