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Velociraptor
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
Velociraptor.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
(unranked): Coelurosauria
Family: Dromaeosauridae
Genus: Velociraptor
The hands are not correct, but the model is

still interesting
Half the total body length was the tail
Lightweight skull of Velociraptor: its brain was

tucked away at the back
of the skull.
Relative sizes
Velociraptor was a small theropod dromaeosaur of

the Upper Cretaceous, about 75–71 million years
ago, and also a smaller relative of the famous
Deinonychus.
It was a slender, lightly built carnivore. It was about

two meters long (nearly seven feet) and 0.62 meters
tall at the hip, bigger than the common chimpanzee.
Velociraptor had one sickle-shaped claw on its foot

which measured 6.5 centimeters along its length, and
a smaller one on each hand. Velociraptor was warm
blooded and had feathers.
Fossils from China suggest that the whole clade had

similar traits.
Fossils of Velociraptor were first found in the Gobi

Desert of Mongolia in 1922. In 1988, scientists from
China found Velociraptor skeletons in northern China.
A famous Velociraptor, discovered in 1971, was

found attacking a Protoceratops in a fossil from
Mongolia.
Contents
Feathers
Species
Media
Relevant pages
Images for kids
Feathers
In September 2007 researchers found quill knobs on
the forearm of a Velociraptor found in Mongolia.
These bumps on bird wing bones show where
feathers anchor, and their presence on Velociraptor
indicate it too had feathers.
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Turner and colleagues interpreted the presence of

feathers on Velociraptor as evidence that the
ancestors of dromaeosaurids could fly, making
Velociraptor and Deinonychus secondarily flightless.
This idea has since been discarded; the unmodified
forearms count against it. Therefore, the feathers in
the ancestors of Velociraptor had another function.
The feathers of the flightless Velociraptor may have
been used for display, for covering their nests while
brooding.
The majority view is that dinosaur feathers were

primarily adaptations for temperature regulation, and
that other uses came later.
Species
Specimens from two species have been found:
V. mongoliensis in Mongolia
V. osmolskae in Inner Mongolia, China
In both cases the ecology of the time was dry, with

sand dunes with occasional streams.
Media
Films such as Jurassic Park and some of The Land
Before Time films helped make Velociraptor popular.
However, the raptors in Jurassic Park were far larger
than the real thing. They were the size of
Deinonychus, a larger member of the same clade.
The films also exaggerated its probable intelligence.
Relevant pages
Origin of birds
Images for kids
left
Specimen IGM 100/982
V. mongoliensis compared in size to a human
V. mongoliensis, showing large wing feathers as

evidenced by the discovery of quill knobs
Mounted V. mongoliensis cast at Wyoming

Dinosaur Center
Size of Velociraptor (2) compared with other

dromaeosaurs
Diagram of the V. mongoliensis type skull and the

associated claw from 1924
The "Fighting Dinosaurs" specimen of V.

mongoliensis and Protoceratops andrewsi
V. mongoliensis restraining an oviraptorosaur with

its sickle claws
Skull of the V. mongoliensis "Fighting Dinosaurs"

specimen
V. mongoliensis in environment
Undescribed V. mongoliensis skull
2003 restoration by Raúl Martín showing a

featherless Velociraptor battling Protoceratops. The
creature continues to be rendered in this outdated
way in many popular images.
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Quick facts for kids

The hands are not correct, but the model is

Half the total body length was the tail

Lightweight skull of Velociraptor: its brain was

Velociraptor was a small theropod dromaeosaur of

It was a slender, lightly built carnivore. It was about

Velociraptor had one sickle-shaped claw on its foot

Fossils from China suggest that the whole clade had

Fossils of Velociraptor were first found in the Gobi

A famous Velociraptor, discovered in 1971, was

Images for kids

Alibaba.com O!cial Website

Turner and colleagues interpreted the presence of

The majority view is that dinosaur feathers were

V. osmolskae in Inner Mongolia, China

In both cases the ecology of the time was dry, with

Images for kids

Specimen IGM 100/982

V. mongoliensis compared in size to a human

V. mongoliensis, showing large wing feathers as

Mounted V. mongoliensis cast at Wyoming

Size of Velociraptor (2) compared with other

Diagram of the V. mongoliensis type skull and the

The "Fighting Dinosaurs" specimen of V.

V. mongoliensis restraining an oviraptorosaur with

Skull of the V. mongoliensis "Fighting Dinosaurs"

Undescribed V. mongoliensis skull

2003 restoration by Raúl Martín showing a

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