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New giant dromeosaur from Hell Creek

Adam Khor · 2019-07-18 22:04:17

In case you missed it. It is called Dakotaraptor and was comparable in size to Utahraptor, but it had more Deinonychus-like proportions (meaning it was a faster, more agile animal) and coexisted with T. rex. This also proves that the idea of T. rex completely monopolizing the medium to large predator niche is incorrect-…

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Adam Khor

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In case you missed it. It is called Dakotaraptor and was comparable in size to Utahraptor, but it had more Deinonychus-like proportions (meaning it was a faster, more agile animal) and coexisted with T. rex. This also proves that the idea of T. rex completely monopolizing the medium to large predator niche is incorrect- Dakotaraptor fills the gap very nicely.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2015/11/02/giant-raptor-north-dakota-hell-creek/#.VjlNUNIvcsY

Dakotaraptor claw (right) compared to Utahraptor's

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