dromaeosaurine

English

Etymology

Back-formation from Dromaeosaurinae.

Noun

dromaeosaurine (plural dromaeosaurines)

1. (paleontology) A bird-like theropod dinosaur of the subfamily Dromaeosaurinae.
   • 2015 July 16, Junchang Lü, Stephen L. Brusatte, “A large, short-armed, winged dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China and its implications for feather evolution”, in Scientific Reports‎^[1], volume 5, →DOI:

     Liaoning dromaeosaurids may simply be a grade on the line to velociraptorines and dromaeosaurines, and short arms may have evolved multiple times in this grade.