TwoDromaeosaurus fight over a small mammal found in the snow. The one on the right is way more concerned with the mammal than the fight and that’s probably a bad thing.
I’m pretty happy with this and the piece for yesterday for pulling a twofer.
While not as famous as its relatives Velociraptor and Deinonychus, Dromaeosaurus albertensis still bears the honor of being the type species for the whole Dromaeosauridae family. Discovered in 1914, it is still not very well known from actual fossils, only having been assembled recently using reference from other more well known dromaeosaurids.
Dromaeosaurus was of a similar size to Velociraptor (at 2 m [6 ft 7 in] long), but was more heavily built. Due to the scarcity of its fossils, it was likely very rare in its habitat of Late Cretaceous Canada. Its teeth tend to be heavily worn, suggesting it would have crushed and pulled at flesh. Dromaeosaurus’ bite force was also much stronger than that of Velociraptors and it would have included bone in its diet.
