Dineobellator a newly discovered American Raptor coloring page

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Dineobellator 

Dineobellator notohesperus was a raptor that lived at the end of the dinosaur era 67 million years ago.  It was a Dromeosaur.  This find, in the USA state of New Mexico shows that raptors were alive and well before the meteorite blasted the Earth.  There is evidence that before the strike dinosaurs were in decline in some parts of the world.  But it appears that raptors, at least in what is now the state of New Mexico were thriving.  

Dineobellator was unique among raptors because it had a highly flexible tail at the base of the tail.  That means that like a cheetah, it could use its tail to change directions when chasing down prey.   It had big hands and a flexible tail like a cheetah. It could run and turn on a dime by using its tail as a rudder. .Dineobellator also had very flexible hands so it could grab and hold on to prey.  It also had larger hands than many other raptors.  Dineobellator could twist its hands around much farther than other raptors.  This dexterity and strong hands would have allowed Dineobellator to grab and hold on to smaller prey and perhaps to slash larger prey, like other dinosaurs, with its hands as well as its feet.  

The forearm bones that were found in New Mexico had quill knobs that are attachment sites for feathers.  So this is some of the first evidence that North American raptors had feathers.  Previous evidence has mostly been seen of feathers on the raptors from Asia.  

Dineobellator was about 6.5 feet long or about 2 meters long.  It would have looked much like a modern roadrunner, although it was quite a bit bigger than a roadrunner.  Dineobellator stood around a yard or about a meter tall.  Although it looked like a roadrunner, it would have been a very dangerous animal.  It had the huge killer claw on each foot and it had large hands and finger claws that were also quite large. So you couldn't have one as a pet because it would probably slash you and have you for breakfast.  

The Genus name is Dineobellator.  The species name is notohesperus.  So the full scientific name for this newly discovered dinosaur is Dineobellator notohesperus.  The name means Navajo warrior from the southwest.