Saurornitholestes (SciiFii)

Saurornitholestes lupus (name meaning "wolf lizard-bird thief"), also known as the gray goblin and the grey goblin, is a species of carnivorous mostly-solitary non-avian dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that originally lived from the late Cretaceous of Alberta, Montana, New Mexico, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina as two extinct species, Saurornitholestes langstoni and Saurornitholestes sullivani, and the genus itself was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii. Saurornitholestes lupus was originally planned to be included in Cretaceous Park located in Sacramento, California, however, due to 3 unidentified criminals who broke into Cretaceous Park at night and stealing all 8 Saurornitholestes lupus juveniles, there are feral populations of Saurornitholestes lupus living throughout California, most likely due to the unidentified criminals unable to restrain them, allowing Saurornitholestes lupus to escape from the unidentified criminals. Ever since that event, the populations of Saurornitholestes lupus has grown to be around 750 and the population trend is increasing. Saurornitholestes lupus is a small bipedal meat-eating dinosaur, equipped with a sickle-claw on each of its foot, which are used to pin down prey in a manner similar to birds of prey. Saurornitholestes lupus is more long-legged and lightly built than other dromaeosaurids such as Velociraptor and Dromaeosaurus. It resembles Velociraptor in having large, fanglike teeth in the front of the jaws. Saurornitholestes lupus most closely resembles Velociraptor, although the precise relationships of the Dromaeosauridae are still controversial. Saurornitholestes lupus is named for its gray-colored coloration on its feathers similar to those of gray wolves (Canis lupus). Saurornitholestes lupus is about 5.9 feet (1.8 meters) long on average and can weigh around 10 kg (22 lb). At the hip, it can stand 0.6 meters (2 feet) tall, or around as tall as the length of a medium-sized terrier. Like many other dromaeosaurs, Saurornitholestes lupus has a strong sense of smell and sight in order to find its prey. Despite the myths of Saurornitholestes lupus terrorizing humans, there has never been a record of a Saurornitholestes lupus attacking or killing a person, as Saurornitholestes lupus prefers to hunt only wildlife that are about the size of or smaller than itself (including deer), similarly to other dromaeosaurs. Due to the rapid expansion of cities and suburbs, Saurornitholestes lupus has adapted to life in the cities and suburbs like other dromaeosaurs, adapting to only hunt city-dwelling wildlife such as squirrels, deer, tapirs, peccaries, wild boars, Uintatherium calves, hadrosaur calves, etc, and not hunting any domestic pets or livestock.
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