Tamb said:
PermeateFree said:
>>As you probably remember from Jurassic Park, velociraptors (and similar dinosaurs) were known for the terrifying sickle-shaped claws on their toes. And that was just with one on each foot – a newly-discovered dinosaur from a related species was packing twice as many weapons. Vespersaurus paranaensis has been found to brandish two large claws on each foot, supporting itself on just one toe.<<
https://newatlas.com/vespersaurus-one-toe-two-claws-dinosaur/60434/
Tully falls road 2019 
> Vespersaurus stood only 80 cm tall, measured 1.6 m long and weighed just 15 kg.
How does that compare with cassowary and where does it fit on the family tree?
“Adult southern cassowaries are 1.5 to 1.8 m tall, although some females may reach 2 m and weigh 58.5 kg”.
Cassowaries diverged from kiwis about 40 million years ago.
Skeleton from 90 million years ago in Brazil. Vespersaurus is a Noasaurinae, which are closely related to the abelisaurids. I admit to being completely ignorant of all of the following dinosaurs. How do we know that they don’t have feathers?
“Noasaurines form an enigmatic group of small-bodied predatory theropod dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous of Gondwana. They are relatively rare, with notable records in Argentina and Madagascar, and possible remains reported for Brazil, India, and continental Africa”.
40% of the skeleton unearthed. “The recovered skeletal parts (vertebrae, girdles, limbs, and scarce cranial elements)”
Ceratosauria is a sister group of the Tetanurae, which includes most theropods, “including megalosauroids, allosauroids, tyrannosauroids, ornithomimosaurs, maniraptorans, and birds. Tetanurae likely diverged from its sister group, Ceratosauria, during the late Triassic.”