What Dinosaur is this?????????

Question

Okay, this is odd but I was watching the history channel before I went to school the other day and they were talking about this wicked dinosaur. Like really strange, I only caught a little bit of the show, so I don't know what the show was and I cant remember what it was called, It had a longer neck, feathers, like insanely long claws, its arms looked maybe the same size as a raptors, and it was a carnivore. The scientists said they had no idea why this dinosaur had evolved the way it did, and Its driving me insane because I cant remember what it was. Sorry that took forever to get out, and if you could give me a push in the right direction or if you think you know what it was, That'd be awesome. Thank you.

Answer 1

it may have quite possibly been a velosa raptor. they wernt actually haw they were depicted in the movies, they were only like 4 feet tall, covered in feathers, and still had long claws. they were also super smart, for dinosaurs anyway

Answer 2

The closest thing I can think of is Therizinosaurus.  I remember seeing the history channel a couple of months ago and they had it featured.  Therizinosaurus was a huge theropod similar to raptors, but it has evolved to eat plants.  It also had extremely long claws, at 3 feet long, and we believe it was feathered.  

http://www.dinosaur-world.com/feathered_...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therizinosa...

Answer 3

Feathers?  It may be an archaeopterix.   Check Wikipedia:

"Archaeopteryx, sometimes referred to by its German name Urvogel ("original bird" or "first bird"), is the earliest and most primitive bird known. The name is from the Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος archaios meaning 'ancient' and πτέρυξ pteryx meaning 'feather' or 'wing'; (pronounced /ˌɑrkiːˈɒptərɨks/ "AR-kee-OP-ter-iks").

Archaeopteryx lived in the late Jurassic Period around 155–150 million years ago, in what is now southern Germany during a time when Europe was an archipelago of islands in a shallow warm tropical sea, much closer to the equator than it is now.

Similar in size and shape to a European Magpie, Archaeopteryx could grow to about 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) in length. Despite its small size, broad wings, and ability to fly, Archaeopteryx has more in common with small theropod dinosaurs than it does with modern birds. In particular, it shares the following features with the deinonychosaurs (dromaeosaurs and troodontids): jaws with sharp teeth, three fingers with claws, a long bony tail, hyperextensible second toes ("killing claw"), feathers (which also suggest homeothermy), and various skeletal features.

The features above make Archaeopteryx the first clear candidate for a transitional fossil between dinosaurs and birds.[1][2] Thus, Archaeopteryx plays an important role not only in the study of the origin of birds but in the study of dinosaurs.

The first complete specimen of Archaeopteryx was announced in 1861, only two years after Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, and it became a key piece of evidence in the debate over evolution. Over the years, nine more fossils of Archaeopteryx have surfaced. Despite variation among these fossils, most experts regard all the remains that have been discovered as belonging to a single species, though this is still debated.

Many of these eleven fossils include impressions of feathers—among the oldest (if not the oldest) direct evidence of feathers. Moreover, because these feathers are an advanced form (flight feathers), these fossils are evidence that feathers had been evolving for quite some time.[3]"

Answer 4

It is showing the dinosaur that evolved into the bird.

the name is the Deinonychus