Dinebellator notohesperus is genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in New Mexico during the Late Cretaceous period around 70-68 million years ago.
Discovery and naming
The holotype remains were first recovered in 2008 from the Ojo Alamo Formation by Robert M. Sullivan, Steven E. Jasinski and James Nikas. Sullivan and Jasinski collected additional material in 2009. In 2011, the find was reported in the scientific literature. Further excavations were performed by Jasinski in 2015 and 2016.
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A skeletal reconstruction of D. notohesperus shows that the dromaeosaur, one of a group of agile predators, was about the size of a modern wolf. Analyses of over 20 fossil bits revealed that the dinosaur had feathers and was likely stronger than the closely related Velociraptor.