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Saurornitholestes: quick facts

Found in Alberta, Canada, this agile and powerful predatorhad grasping hands with sharp claws, and perhaps a large switch-blade-like second-toe claw.

Period
Late Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Length
6 feet (1.8 meters)
Family
Dromaeosauridae

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Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.

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