Deinonychus belongs to a family of dinosaurs called dromaeosaurs.
Known from more than nine skeletons, Deinonychus is the dinosaur that sparked the debate about whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded or cold-blooded. Deinonychus had a killer claw on its hind foot to slash its prey and a stiff and straight tail to help balance its light, bird-like body.
- Pronounced: die-non-ee-kuss
- Means: Terrible claw
- Where: North America (Montana, Utah, Wyoming)
- When: Early Cretaceous
- Diet: Carnivorous (other dinosaurs)
- Size of Adult: 10 ft (3 m) long
- Size of Animatronic Model: L 13 ft 2 in (4.02 m), H 5 ft 2 in (1.58 m)*
* includes height of steel base