Deinonychus (/dˈnɒnkəs/ dy-NON-i-kəs; Greek: δεινός, 'terrible' an ὄνυξ, genitive ὄνυχος 'claw') is a genus o carnivorous dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. Thare is ane describit species, Deinonychus antirrhopus. This species, could grow up tae 3.4 metre (11 ft) lang. Fossils hae been recovered frae the U.S. states o Montana, Wyoming, an Oklahoma, in rocks o the Cloverly Formation an Antlers Formation, tho teeth that mey belang tae Deinonychus hae been foond much farther east in Maryland.

Deinonychus
Moontit skelet, Field Museum
Scientific classification edit
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Clade: Maniraptora
Faimily: Dromaeosauridae
Subfaimily: Velociraptorinae
Genus: Deinonychus
Ostrom, 1969
Species: D. antirrhopus
Binomial name
Deinonychus antirrhopus
Ostrom, 1969
Synonyms

Velociraptor antirrhopus
(Ostrom, 1969) Paul, 1988