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Teratophoneus — Sinornithosaurus milleni
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Sinornothosaurus in attack position. It was able to glide like microraptor, but with 1 metre in length it was bigger than microraptor. It is unique,as it is the only poisonous dinosaur so far. It had venom glands,which made him one of the deadliest iller sof its time. It was coloured brownish black as recent studies revealed. its name means chinese bird like lizardRelated content
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Check out these links about the venomous glands. [link] [link] and [link] It's grooves are present in many other theropods to some extant and the actual report is actually very controversial.
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yes,i know there are some controversials but I simply liked the idea of a venomous raptor dinosaur. If you look at the configuration of its teeth, the theory sounds very plausible.
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Not really. Judging by that, all theropods were venemous
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Not true, many if not most theropods had blade/saw like teeth, which wouldn't be ideal for hosting venomous compounds.
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,I meant that sinornithosaurus had very big teeth in the area were the venom gland is supposed to be. All other teeth are rather small ,but the ones at the venom gland area are very big.
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Thing is, the teeth weren't really big, they were just loose; all theropods have deep teeth roots, and in the Sinornithosaurus specimen, the teeth roots were left exposed.
Furthermore, the "venom gland" is just a cranial airsac.
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