- Velociraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 75 to 71 million years ago during the later part of the Cretaceous Period
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Velociraptor facts
- Two species are currently recognized, although others have been assigned in the past
- The type species is V
- mongoliensis; fossils of this species have been discovered in Mongolia
- A second species, V
- osmolskae, was named in 2008 for skull material from Inner Mongolia, China
- Smaller than other dromaeosaurids like Deinonychus and Achillobator, Velociraptor nevertheless shared many of the same anatomical features
- It was a bipedal, feathered carnivore with a long tail and an enlarged sickle-shaped claw on each hindfoot, which is thought to have been used to tackle prey
- Velociraptor can be distinguished from other dromaeosaurids by its long and low skull, with an upturned snout
- Velociraptor (commonly shortened to "raptor") is one of the dinosaur genera most familiar to the general public due to its prominent role in the Jurassic Park motion picture series
- Today, Velociraptor is well known to paleontologists, with over a dozen described fossil skeletons, the most of any dromaeosaurid
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