Topline The most complete skeleton ever found of the dinosaur deinonychus, maybe best known as the “velociraptor” seen in the Jurassic Park franchise and one of the rarest of all dinosaur ...

Deinonychus and its dino relatives may not have used their wicked, curved claws to slash and disembowel their victims; instead, these fearsome hunters may have used these claws to pin and grasp ...

Christie’s NYC will be auctioning off what is being called the most complete Deinonychus antirrhopus — more commonly known as a velociraptor — skeleton known to exist, WNBC reported.

Hector, the Deinonychus antirrhopus that will be auctioned at Christie’s. Michael Crichton, the author of “Jurassic Park,” decided to call the creature a velociraptor, which stuck for the movie.

The scientists analyzed the teeth of the velociraptor's close relative, deinonychus antirrhopus, and found evidence that the raptors seldom worked together to hunt prey down in groups.

While author Michael Crichton used the name Velociraptor in the books, he based the dinosaur’s behavior, size and appearance on the Deinonychus and apologized later for changing its name.