Genus
Valid Extinct

Dromaeosauroides

Christiansen and Bonde 2003

Dromaeosauroides is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of what is now Denmark and possibly also England. It was discovered in the Jydegaard Formation in the Robbedale valley, on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. This formation ranges from the Berriasian to the Valanginian ages. This is the only likely place for dinosaur remains to be discovered on Danish territory, since the Mesozoic deposits exposed in the rest of the country are marine. Dromaeosauroides is the first known dinosaur from Denmark, and the only one which has been scientifically named. It is one of the oldest known dromaeosaurs in the world, and the first known uncontested dromaeosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Europe.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Dromaeosauroides
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Cast of the holotype tooth (MGUH DK No. 315) of Dromaeosauroides bornholmensis at the Natural History Museum, London. © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London · CC0 · Wikimedia
PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Coelurosauria Unranked clade
Maniraptora Unranked clade
Paraves Unranked clade
Deinonychosauria Infraorder
Dromaeosauridae Family
Dromaeosauroides Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇰 Denmark
1
Geological formations
Jydegaard
1
Temporal distribution
Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Dromaeosauroides bornholmensis 139 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
P. Christiansen and N. Bonde. 2003. The first dinosaur from Denmark. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 227(2):287-299 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
P. Christiansen and N. Bonde. 2003. The first dinosaur from Denmark. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 227(2):287-299 DOI ↗