(pronounced ste-NON-ik-oh-SAWR-us) Stenonychosaurus meaning narrow claw lizard) is an invalid name for Troödon , a smart, human-sized, meat-eating theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period . Stenonychosaurus was named by C. M. Sternberg in 1932; the type species is S. inequalis = Troodon formosus.
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Stenonychosaurus was a dinosaur of the Cretaceous period. It was about two metres long, walked on its long, thin, hind legs and had long thin arms with long thin fingers. A carnivore, Stenonychosaurus had four toes, one very short and spur-like similar to a bird's foot, and three toes used for walking. The middle toe was short and equipped with an ...
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Stenonychosaurus A 'narrow-clawed lizard' from Late Cretaceous period and found in southern Alberta, Canada. This creature was previously known as Polyodontosaurus. Named by U. S. fossil hunter Charles Mortram Sternberg (1885-1981) in 1932. A dinosaur man-like model, called a Dinosauroid stands in an Ottawa museum. Some Canadian paleontologists th...
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