All of the bones were laid out before us on a table, and it was up to us four to identify them. Seeing the specimen with our own eyes, we had no doubt it was a theropod. Many of its light, delicate bones resembled those of Velociraptor and other lithe, fierce raptor species. It was about the same size as Velociraptor, too, or maybe a tad smaller. But something didn’t quite fit. Mátyás’s dinosaur had four big toes on each foot, the two inner ones bearing huge, sickle-shaped claws. The raptors were famous for their retractable sickle claws—which they used to slash and gut their prey—but they had
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