2013年2月13日 · In 2009, the discovery of the first substantially complete theropod from the late Cretaceous of Europe, the holotype of the Romanian dromaeosaurid Balaur bondoc, provided the first clear glimpse...

Balaur bondoc is a species of paravian theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period, in what is now Romania. It is the type species of the monotypic genus Balaur, after the balaur (Romanian pronunciation: [baˈla.ur] [1]), a dragon of Romanian folklore.

2010年8月8日 · Unusually, pedal digit I is large and functional, a unique feature among otherwise primarily tridactyl nonavian maniraptorans. In Balaur, pedal digit I is highly modified to mimic both the size and hyperextensive capabilities of digit II, resulting in a double set of raptorial claws, perhaps used to disembowel or grasp prey . The extra ...

Balaur was a theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period. It was a carnivorous predator that had two wings, which were not large enough to enable it to fly. The wings were used for balance and stability while hunting prey. Balaur had two legs that ended in sharp claws, which were used to catch and kill its prey.

Balaur is represented by a relatively complete, associated, and well-preserved holotype skeleton, which provides the best glimpse at the anatomy of a latest Cretaceous European theropod 5, 6 ....

2024年12月16日 · In this work, the probable paleobiology of the taxon is inferred by comparing the posterior pedal ungual phalanx II of Balaur bondoc with representatives of various subclades of Dromaeosauridae...

2010年8月31日 · Announced by a team of paleontologists led by Zoltán Csikia in this week's issue of PNAS, the dinosaur Balaur bondoc comes from Romanian geological deposits representing an ancient island which...

In 2009, the discovery of the first substantially complete theropod from the late Cretaceous of Europe, the holotype of the Romanian dromaeosaurid Balaur bondoc, provided the first clear glimpse at an island-dwelling carnivorous dinosaur. Here we describe and figure this remarkably preserved skeleton in detail.

In 2009, the discovery of the first substantially complete theropod from the late Cretaceous of Europe, the holotype of the Romanian dromaeosaurid Balaur bondoc, provided the first clear glimpse at an island-dwelling carnivorous dinosaur. Here we describe and figure this remarkably preserved skeleton in detail.

2010年8月30日 · Balaur bondoc, described this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first reasonably complete skeleton of a meat-eating dinosaur from the final 60 million years of the...