DROMAEOSAUROIDES
a dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Scandinavia.
Pronunciation: DROH-mee-o-suh-ROY-deez
Meaning: Dromaeosaurus-like
Author/s: Christiansen and Bonde (
2003)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Bornholm, Denmark
Acta Ordinal: #520
Dromaeosauroides bornholmensis
(Dromaeosaurus likeness from Bornholm)Etymology
Dromaeosauroides is derived from "
Dromaeosaurus" (a theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Canada and North America) and the Greek "ides" (form, likeness), referring to the similarity of their teeth.
Dromaeosaurus itself is derived from the Greek "dromaios" (running) and "sauros" (lizard).
The
species epithet,
bornholmensis, is derived from "Bornholm" (for the island of Bornholm, where it was found) and the Latin "-ensis" (from).
Discovery
Dromaeosauroides was discovered at "Carl Nielsen's sand pit" in the Tornhøj Member of the Jydegaard Formation, near the small town of Aakirkeby in the Robbedale valley, on the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark, by 18-year-old Eliza Jarl Estrup, during a 2000 field course for amateur fossil hunters.
The
holotype (DK 315) is a single 21.7-mm tooth crown.
In late summer of 2008 at the same site, nature guide Jens Kofoed found a second theropod tooth crown (DK 559), 15-mm in height, which was assigned to
Dromaeosauroides by Bonde in 2012, with both teeth since being declared "Danekræ": national treasures from Denmark's past, legally protected under Danish law.
Three oversized dromaeosaurid teeth from England that have been assigned to the velociraptorine
Nuthetes destructor, as well as two lumps of fishbone-flecked fossilised poop found by Regitze Benthien at "Carl Nielsen's sand pit", might actually belong to
Dromaeosauroides.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Berriasian
Age range: 140 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: 3 meters
Est. max. hip height: 0.8 meters
Est. max. weight: 40 Kg
Diet: Carnivore
Dromaeosauroides
bornholmensis
References
• Norman DB (1985) "Dromaeosaurids". Page 56 in "
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: An Original and Compelling Insight into Life in the Dinosaur Kingdom".
• Bonde N (2001) "A Berriasian 'Wealden fauna' from Bornholm, Denmark".
Palaeontological Association, 45th Annual Meeting, 4.
• Christiansen P and Bonde N (2003) "The first dinosaur from Denmark".
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 227(2): 287–299. DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/227/2003/287.
• Bonde N and Christiansen P (2003) "New dinosaurs from Denmark".
Comptes Rendus Palevol, 2(1): 13–26. DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0683(03)00009-5.
• Bonde N, Andersen S, Hals N and Jakobsen ST (2008) "
Danekræ – Danmarks bedste fossiler" [Denmark's best fossils].
GeologiskNyt, 18(3): 28-30. DOI: 10.7146/gn.v0i3.3458.
• Natural History Museum Denmark "
Danekræ fossil trove".
• Lindgren J, Currie PJ, Rees J, Siverson M, Lindström S and Alwmark C (2008) "Theropod dinosaur teeth from the lowermost Cretaceous Rabekke Formation on Bornholm, Denmark".
Geobios, 41(2): 253-262. DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2007.05.001.
• Brix L (15 July 2009) "
Sensationelt dinosaurfund pa Bornholm". Jyllands-Posten [
in Danish].
• Bonde N (2012) "Danish Dinosaurs: A Review". Page 435-449 in Godefroit (ed.). "
Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems".
• Milàn J, Rasmussen BW and Bonde, N (2012) "
Coprolites with prey remains and traces from coprophagous organisms from the Lower Cretaceous (Late Berriasian) Jydegaard Formation of Bornholm, Denmark".
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 57: 235–240.
• Milàn J and Mateus O (2023) "A turiasaurian (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) tooth from the Pliensbachian Hasle Formation of Bornholm, Denmark, shows an Early Jurassic origin of the Turiasauria".
Diversity, 16(1): 12. DOI: 10.3390/d16010012.
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