Balaur
Balaur
| Balaur Temporal range:
Upper Cretaceous, 70 mya | |
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| Balaur bondoc displaying its double sickle claws in a kicking action | |
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| Superfamily: | Dromaeosauroidae
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| Genus: | Balaur
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Balaur is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in southern Europe during the Upper Cretaceous, about 70 million years ago.
The specimen is unique: unlike most other dromaeosaurs, it had two sickle claws on each foot, not just one.[1] It had a reduced and presumably nonfunctional third finger, consisting of only one rudimentary phalanx.[1][2]
The specimen was discovered in 2010. Balaur lived on a large prehistoric island called Hateg Island. Seventy million years ago, sea levels were much higher than they are today. Europe was an archipelago of islands.[3]
Possibly because it was relatively isolated from other dinosaurs, Balaur developed unique features. It was a small 1.8–2.1 metres (5.9–6.9 ft).[1] This is an example of island dwarfism.
There is one known species, Balaur bondoc. Balaur was a velociraptorine. Studies have shown that it is most closely related to the famous Asian dromaeosaurid Velociraptor.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Csiki Z. et al 2010. (2010). "An aberrant island-dwelling theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous of Romania". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (35): 15357–15361. doi:10.1073/pnas.1006970107. PMC 2932599. PMID 20805514.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "BBC News – Beefy dino sported fearsome claws". Bbc.co.uk. 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ↑ Stein K.; et al. (2010). "Small body size and extreme cortical bone remodeling indicate phyletic dwarfism in Magyarosaurus dacus (Sauropoda: Titanosauria)". Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 107 (20): 9258–9263. Bibcode:2010PNAS..107.9258S. doi:10.1073/pnas.1000781107. PMC 2889090. PMID 20435913.
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