Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Dromaeosaurus

- Pronunciation: DROH-mee-uh-SAWR-us
- Translation: Swift Lizard
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Theropoda
- Infraorder: Tetanurae
- Micro-order: Maniraptora (of the microorder Coelurosauria)
- Family: Dromaeosauridae
- Height: 2.5 feet (0.8 meters)
- Weight: 100 pounds (45.4 kg)
- Length: 6 feet (1.8 meters)
- Period: Late Cretaceous
- Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
- Notes: This dinosaur was discovered in 1914 in the United States.It had razor-sharp teeth and 3 inch (7.6 cm) eagle-like claws onthe inner toe of each foot. Dromaeosaurus was first of the sickle-clawed dinosaurs to be discovered.