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DeinonychusvsProtoceratops

Protoceratops has a higher Weight (400 vs 100 kg), while Deinonychus has a higher Length (3 vs 2 m), while Deinonychus has a higher Time Span (7 vs 4 Myr).

Physical Characteristics

3
Length
2
100
Weight
400
carnivorous
Diet
herbivorous

Classification

small theropod
Type
ceratopsian

Temporal Range

Early Cretaceous
Era
Late Cretaceous
115
Earliest Appearance
74
108
Latest Appearance
70
7
Time Span
4
112
Temporal Midpoint
72

Discovery

1,969
Year Discovered
1,923
USA
Discovery Location
China, Mongolia

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Data sourced from World Dinosaur Dataset (Zenodo) (CC-BY 4.0).