Dromaeosaurus Fact
Quick, agile and with keen senses of sight and smell, Dromaeosaurus is a highly effective predator. Despite its size, it is more than a match for most dinosaurs - especially since it works as part of a team!
Sharp teeth and claws
Dromaeosaurus has the same type of sickle-shaped claws as Deinonychus and Velociraptor, but is smaller. However, Dromaeosaurus does have relatively long and sharp teeth, so if the feet don’t get you, the mouth will.
Balanced
All of the dromaeosaur family are agile hunters, and their tails play a big part in this. The tail is stiffened with bony rods, allowing these dinosaurs to keep them perfectly straight, which in turn helps them to stay balanced as they leap around - just like a tightrope walker holding a pole.
Intelligent pack hunter
Dromaeosaurus is a pack hunter, and for a small dinosaur to be able to hunt a much larger one calls for intelligence. It would certainly seem that this dinosaur is one of the brighter ones, as it has a relatively large brain.
Beginning of the birds?
Some palaeontologists believe that birds were actually descended from small, agile predators like Dromaeosaurus and Velociraptor. Not everyone thinks so, but it does make you wonder if Dromaeosaurus is feather-covered, too. Not knowing does make your chance of spotting one more difficult.
Dino hunter
The first Dromeosaurus was discovered in 1914 by the legendary dinosaur hunter Barnum Brown. Brown led the way in finding a many other dinosaurs, including Tyrannosaurus rex.
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