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Dromaeonychus
Topic Started: Jan 9 2014, 10:07 PM (67 Views)
Saberrex
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Dromaeonychus

Dromaeonychus

Meaning: Runner Claw

Description: small predatory theropod

Species: D. allos

Family: Deinonychosauria, Velociraptorinae

Length: 9-11 feet

Lifestyle: Hunter

Range: North America



Distinguishing features: A look-alike to the cretaceous Deinonychus, Dromaeonychus is an intelligent and inquisitive little predator. The adults have blue heads and red facial wattles that are longer and more prominent in the males. Their feathery pelts are dark green and their skin is a shade of light blue. Adults also have prominent display spines that are used as signaling devices. Dromaeonychus are monogamous animals that pair for life and hunt in large, seemingly unruly packs of anywhere from 20 to 40 individuals led by a dominant matriarch. All members of the group do pack hunting. Nesting occurs in the spring and eggs are laid in early march when there is still snow on the ground. The eggs hatch in May after a period of near two months. The young are different from their parents in when they hatch they have no wattles, their skin is yellow, and their feathers are brown for camouflage. Young like most feathered theropod babies; also have the ability to run up into trees by flapping their wings as they climb, allowing them to escape predators. The juveniles stay with the pack for two years before setting out to form their own units.



Habits and Habitat: Stalkers of the temperate to sub-arid forests and scrubland, these little hunters avoid the grassland due to the larger predators it attracts such as Tyrannoraptors and Vastatotyrannus. These giants often share habitat with the smaller predators, leading to conflicts that can become deadly as these animals will try to eliminate each other’s young to get rid of the competition for small prey. Dromaeonychus prefer hunt the young of larger species, effectively leaving the larger prey for the mega predators. These raptors will eat anything from small dinosaurs such as the Lagosaura to sub-adult Colossatitan, which are as big as the Edmontosaurus of the late Cretaceous. They will also target therizinosaurs and the smaller ceratopsians as well as mammals, eggs of large herbivores and small birds and pterosaurs. They too are contenders of the salmon and ammonite runs, gathering at streams and rivers every year for the chance to feed on the large mollusks and fish. They are often among the first theropods on the scene for these spawning runs.

Edited by Saberrex, Jan 9 2014, 10:08 PM.
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