<I>Balaur bondoc</I> Hind Limb (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

<I>Balaur bondoc</I> Hind Limb

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The fossilized hindlimb of Balaur bondoc shows the double-sickle claws of the foot, one of 20 unique features found on the animal, which lived on a Late Cretaceous island in what is now Europe.

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Mick Ellison

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