Dromaeosauroides

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Dromaeosauroides Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Theropoda Infraorder: Coelurosauria Family: Dromaeosauridae Subfamily: ?Dromaeosaurinae Genus: Dromaeosauroides Species: D. bornholmensis
Binomial name
Dromaeosauroides bornholmensis Christiansen & Bonde, 2003

Dromaeosauroides is a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous, discovered in the Jydegaard Formation on the island of Bornholm, Denmark. It is believed to have been a dromaeosaurid, but is only based on a 21-mm tooth crown.^[1]

The type species, D. bornholmensis, was described by Niels Christiansen and Per Bonde in 2003, and is the first dinosaur found in Denmark. Dromaeosauroides is estimated to have been 2-3 metres long. It might be the only true dromaeosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Europe.

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