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Name
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Stenonychosaurus
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Meaning
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narrow claw lizard
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Pronunciation
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ste-NON-ik-oh-SAWR-us
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Found in
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Dinosaur Provincial
Park, Alberta North America
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Anatomy
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Credited as the
most intelligent dinosaurs.
Relatively large
brain
Large eyes
Slender flexible
fingers
Light body
Small sharp teeth. |
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Length
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2 meters
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Height
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Weight (mass)
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Locomotion
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Bipedal
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Food preference
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Carnivore (mammals)
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Time period
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Late cretaceous
(85-80 million years ago)
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Type of hip
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Lizard hipped
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Dinosaur group
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Saurornithodids
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Remains
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