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Saurornitholestes Fossils of similar
animals show that the
tail almost certainly
had birdlike feathers.

A long, flexible neck gave
Dromaeosaurus excellent Dromaeosaurus
head mobility for seizing
fast-moving prey.
The teeth were curved,
serrated blades well adapted
for slicing through soft tissue.

Austroraptor
All dromaeosaurs had
long, bony tails, but these
were lighter than those of
typical theropods.

Fossils found in 2007
show that Velociraptor
had long feathers on
its forearms.

Velociraptor

Bambiraptor

Built for speed
and agility,
this lightweight
dinosaur was the
size of a chicken. Sinornithosaurus Austroraptor

almost winglike feathers on their arms. They the bigger ones, including Velociraptor and
were closely related to the first birds, and the Deinonychus, attacked other dinosaurs. Some,
smallest ones—animals like Sinornithosaurus— such as Buitreraptor and the unusually large
would have looked very birdlike. Small Austroraptor, had long snouts filled with
dromaeosaurs would have preyed on big insects pointed, conical teeth that were more
and small ratlike mammals, but we know that suited to catching fish. 127

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