Deinonychosauria

Deinonychosauria is a clade of paravian dinosaurs that lived from the Late Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found across the globe in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, and Antarctica, with fossilized teeth giving credence to the possibility that they inhabited Australia as well. This group of dinosaurs are known for their sickle-shaped toe claws and features in the shoulder bones.

Deinonychosauria

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ParavesPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Coelurosauria
Life habit
ground dwelling, solitaryPBDB, for Theropoda
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Theropoda
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Theropoda

Time the record covers

At least 98 million years on record.

The record covers at least 170.9 Mya to 72.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 184.2 Mya to 61.66 Mya.

Early Jurassic — about 4 of 1301 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 5 of 1301 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 34 of 1301 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 208 of 1301 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 1049 of 1301 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 1 of 1301 occurrences187–182 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences182–178 Mya — about 2 occurrences178–174 Mya — about 2 occurrences174–170 Mya — about 2 occurrences170–165 Mya — about 2 occurrences165–161 Mya — about 1 occurrence161–157 Mya — about 2 occurrences157–153 Mya — about 5 occurrences153–148 Mya — about 14 occurrences148–144 Mya — about 10 occurrences144–140 Mya — about 14 occurrences140–136 Mya — about 12 occurrences136–131 Mya — about 12 occurrences131–127 Mya — about 3 occurrences127–123 Mya — about 31 occurrences123–119 Mya — about 41 occurrences119–114 Mya — about 31 occurrences114–110 Mya — about 29 occurrences110–106 Mya — about 16 occurrences106–102 Mya — about 17 occurrences102–97 Mya — about 28 occurrences97–93 Mya — about 32 occurrences93–89 Mya — about 25 occurrences89–85 Mya — about 46 occurrences85–80 Mya — about 190 occurrences80–76 Mya — about 197 occurrences76–72 Mya — about 199 occurrences72–68 Mya — about 241 occurrences68–63 Mya — about 97 occurrences63–59 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences170.9 Mya72.2 Mya187 Mya59 Mya

1,301 occurrences of Deinonychosauria on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group, and the chart stops with its fossils rather than at the present. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

1,301 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

182 formations

Dinosaur Park — 50.73°N, 111.52°WDinosaur Park — 49.12°N, 110.47°WDinosaur Park — 50.81°N, 111.33°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.48°WDinosaur Park — 50.80°N, 111.60°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.40°WDinosaur Park — 49.99°N, 111.42°WDinosaur Park — 51.44°N, 110.39°WDinosaur Park — 51.47°N, 110.39°WDinosaur Park — 52.45°N, 109.17°WDinosaur Park — 49.96°N, 110.27°WDinosaur Park — 49.20°N, 110.37°WDinosaur Park — 49.07°N, 110.45°WDinosaur Park — 50.73°N, 111.30°WDinosaur Park — 48.03°N, 110.24°WDinosaur Park — 50.76°N, 110.02°WDinosaur Park — 50.60°N, 111.62°WDinosaur Park — 50.72°N, 111.56°WDinosaur Park — 50.68°N, 108.09°WDinosaur Park — 50.51°N, 110.39°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.10°N, 103.30°WHell Creek — 45.98°N, 103.75°WHell Creek — 46.18°N, 103.84°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.94°WHell Creek — 46.38°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 46.46°N, 104.00°WHell Creek — 45.94°N, 103.95°WHell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 47.68°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.12°WHell Creek — 47.62°N, 107.32°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.98°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 47.65°N, 106.65°WHell Creek — 47.58°N, 106.30°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.25°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 107.18°WHell Creek — 47.53°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.23°WHell Creek — 47.73°N, 106.50°WHell Creek — 47.65°N, 106.20°WHell Creek — 47.63°N, 106.20°WHell Creek — 47.87°N, 106.18°WHell Creek — 46.90°N, 101.50°WHell Creek — 47.61°N, 106.90°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 47.05°N, 107.35°WHell Creek — 45.05°N, 101.97°WHell Creek — 45.23°N, 103.21°WHell Creek — 45.66°N, 105.08°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 103.10°WHell Creek — 45.64°N, 103.49°WHell Creek — 45.53°N, 101.63°WHell Creek — 45.00°N, 103.19°WOldman — 50.75°N, 111.51°WOldman — 49.10°N, 110.94°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.84°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.68°WOldman — 49.16°N, 110.72°WOldman — 50.83°N, 111.32°WOldman — 49.28°N, 112.58°WOldman — 50.72°N, 111.40°WOldman — 50.47°N, 110.39°WOldman — 50.82°N, 111.58°WOldman — 50.74°N, 111.49°WOldman — 50.75°N, 111.42°WOldman — 50.64°N, 110.91°WOldman — 50.73°N, 110.08°WOldman — 49.28°N, 112.20°WOldman — 49.36°N, 112.50°WMilk River — 49.10°N, 111.80°WAguja — 29.32°N, 103.52°WAguja — 29.20°N, 103.20°WAguja — 29.10°N, 103.17°WAguja — 29.23°N, 103.57°WAguja — 29.29°N, 103.61°WCloverly — 45.44°N, 108.16°WCloverly — 44.51°N, 107.90°WCloverly — 44.98°N, 108.32°WCloverly — 46.34°N, 109.69°WCloverly — 45.20°N, 108.81°WCloverly — 45.36°N, 108.75°WCloverly — 43.22°N, 107.57°WCloverly — 45.34°N, 108.81°WCloverly — 45.38°N, 108.26°WCloverly — 45.41°N, 108.04°WCloverly — 45.35°N, 108.10°WCloverly — 45.26°N, 108.41°WCloverly — 44.66°N, 107.89°WCloverly — 44.50°N, 107.82°WCloverly — 44.83°N, 108.31°WCloverly — 45.49°N, 108.73°WCloverly — 46.33°N, 109.56°WCloverly — 45.10°N, 106.90°WLance — 43.49°N, 104.46°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.67°WLance — 43.13°N, 104.49°WLance — 43.17°N, 104.57°WLance — 43.12°N, 104.64°WLance — 43.18°N, 104.53°WLance — 45.48°N, 104.19°WLance — 44.37°N, 107.60°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.54°N, 112.88°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.48°N, 112.77°WHorseshoe Canyon — 53.45°N, 113.55°WHorseshoe Canyon — 52.00°N, 112.88°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.65°N, 112.90°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.41°N, 112.63°WHorseshoe Canyon — 55.46°N, 117.42°WHorseshoe Canyon — 53.26°N, 113.81°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.49°N, 113.15°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.47°N, 112.75°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.55°N, 112.88°WJudith River — 46.47°N, 109.30°WJudith River — 46.46°N, 109.41°WJudith River — 47.81°N, 109.59°WJudith River — 48.93°N, 110.58°WJudith River — 46.10°N, 109.10°WJudith River — 46.40°N, 109.66°WJudith River — 46.42°N, 109.27°WJudith River — 46.44°N, 109.83°WJudith River — 47.77°N, 108.95°WJudith River — 47.72°N, 109.64°WJudith River — 48.54°N, 109.81°WJudith River — 46.76°N, 108.00°WJudith River — 43.64°N, 109.35°WJudith River — 48.41°N, 106.87°WFerris — 41.94°N, 106.88°WFerris — 41.80°N, 107.00°WFerris — 41.96°N, 106.89°WDjadokhta — 44.25°N, 103.33°EDjadokhta — 43.66°N, 100.90°EDjadokhta — 44.16°N, 103.69°EDjadokhta — 44.22°N, 103.27°EDjadokhta — 44.13°N, 103.56°EDjadokhta — 44.00°N, 104.00°EDjadokhta — 44.15°N, 103.72°EDjadokhta — 44.05°N, 102.82°EDjadokhta — 44.09°N, 102.91°ECedar Mountain — 38.83°N, 109.57°WCedar Mountain — 38.72°N, 109.69°WCedar Mountain — 39.05°N, 111.04°WCedar Mountain — 38.69°N, 111.26°WCedar Mountain — 38.73°N, 109.59°WCedar Mountain — 38.73°N, 109.50°WCedar Mountain — 38.83°N, 109.47°WCedar Mountain — 38.91°N, 110.11°WCedar Mountain — 38.83°N, 109.27°WCedar Mountain — 38.64°N, 111.37°WCedar Mountain — 38.66°N, 111.24°WCedar Mountain — 38.85°N, 109.66°WCedar Mountain — 40.44°N, 109.31°WCedar Mountain — 40.52°N, 109.52°WCedar Mountain — 38.43°N, 110.79°WKirtland — 36.27°N, 108.17°WKirtland — 36.34°N, 108.08°WKirtland — 36.10°N, 108.09°WKirtland — 36.50°N, 108.08°WKirtland — 36.29°N, 108.54°WKirtland — 36.17°N, 107.80°WKirtland — 36.31°N, 108.05°WKirtland — 36.51°N, 108.32°WYixian — 41.60°N, 120.87°EYixian — 41.37°N, 124.68°EYixian — 41.60°N, 120.84°EYixian — 41.37°N, 121.42°EYixian — 41.13°N, 121.14°EYixian — 40.64°N, 119.64°EYixian — 41.58°N, 120.95°EYixian — 40.65°N, 119.68°EYixian — 41.78°N, 120.76°EYixian — 41.41°N, 119.12°EYixian — 41.24°N, 119.40°EBissekty — 42.12°N, 62.66°EBissekty — 41.29°N, 61.50°EBissekty — 41.78°N, 63.78°ETwo Medicine — 48.63°N, 113.75°WTwo Medicine — 48.65°N, 112.97°WTwo Medicine — 47.81°N, 112.18°WTwo Medicine — 47.82°N, 112.66°WTwo Medicine — 48.94°N, 112.64°WTwo Medicine — 47.99°N, 112.28°WTwo Medicine — 47.77°N, 112.29°WIlek — 55.90°N, 87.96°EIlek — 55.88°N, 88.32°EIlek — 56.57°N, 91.85°EIlek — 56.62°N, 91.99°EIlek — 56.53°N, 91.81°EIlek — 55.97°N, 88.09°ECerro del Pueblo — 26.12°N, 101.12°WCerro del Pueblo — 25.52°N, 101.68°WCerro del Pueblo — 25.67°N, 101.30°WCerro del Pueblo — 25.54°N, 101.36°WCerro del Pueblo — 25.50°N, 101.75°WCerro del Pueblo — 25.61°N, 101.98°WJiufotang — 41.50°N, 121.22°EJiufotang — 41.42°N, 120.18°EJiufotang — 41.49°N, 120.23°EJiufotang — 43.64°N, 120.43°EJiufotang — 41.57°N, 120.16°EJiufotang — 40.65°N, 119.69°EJiufotang — 40.81°N, 119.80°EJiufotang — 40.91°N, 119.50°EWapiti — 55.26°N, 118.51°WWapiti — 55.06°N, 119.11°WWapiti — 55.05°N, 119.37°WWapiti — 55.07°N, 118.69°WPrince Creek — 69.83°N, 151.52°WPrince Creek — 70.07°N, 151.58°WPrince Creek — 69.60°N, 151.80°WPrince Creek — 70.09°N, 151.54°WPrince Creek — 70.02°N, 151.59°WDensuș-Ciula — 45.60°N, 22.85°EDensuș-Ciula — 45.63°N, 22.90°ELa Posa — 42.05°N, 0.22°WLa Posa — 42.53°N, 1.22°ELa Posa — 42.16°N, 0.96°ELa Posa — 42.27°N, 0.73°EAdamantina — 21.94°S, 51.37°WAdamantina — 21.33°S, 48.58°WAdamantina — 21.60°S, 51.17°WAdamantina — 21.74°S, 51.03°W

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The named rock units Deinonychosauria has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 158 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 44 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Deinonychosauria and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Deinonychosauria and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

1,178 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 804 sites for Deinonychosauria, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

467 references

Each of the 1,301 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 455 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Deinonychosauria

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No 3D scan of Deinonychosauria was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Colbert and Russell 1969