Velociraptor

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Velociraptor is a small, fast, and intelligent theropod dinosaur popularly depicted as a cunning pack hunter in books and films like the Jurassic Park franchise.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf genus of dinosaur
theropod
bodyLength about 2 meters
bodyMass about 15 kilograms
clade Dromaeosauridae
surface form: Dromaeosaurinae
class Reptilia
describedBy Henry Fairfield Osborn
diet carnivorous
ecologicalRole small predator
family Dromaeosauridae
fossilSite China
Mongolia
geologicalFormation Barun Goyot Formation
Djadokhta Formation
higherClassification Eumaniraptora
Paraves
kingdom Animalia
likelyBodyCovering feathers
likelyHabitat arid or semi-arid environments
livedDuring Campanian
Late Cretaceous
locomotion bipedal
nameMeaning swift thief
notableAnatomicalFeature large sickle-shaped claw on second toe
lightly built skull
long stiffened tail
serrated teeth
notableFossil fighting dinosaurs specimen with Protoceratops
order Saurischia
phylum Chordata
popularCultureDepiction Jurassic Park
surface form: Jurassic Park film franchise

Jurassic Park
surface form: Michael Crichton novel Jurassic Park
popularCultureInaccuracy often depicted much larger than in reality
often depicted without feathers
popularCultureTrait portrayed as highly intelligent
portrayed as pack hunter
relatedTaxon Deinonychus
Dromaeosaurus
Utahraptor
reproduction oviparous
species Velociraptor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Velociraptor mongoliensis

Velociraptor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Velociraptor osmolskae
suborder Theropoda
superorder Dinosauria
taxonRank genus
temporalRangeEnd about 71 million years ago
temporalRangeStart about 75 million years ago
typeSpecies Velociraptor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Velociraptor mongoliensis
yearDescribed 1924

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Jurassic Park notableSpecies Velociraptor
Theropoda includes Velociraptor
Velociraptor typeSpecies Velociraptor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Velociraptor mongoliensis
Velociraptor species Velociraptor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Velociraptor mongoliensis
Velociraptor species Velociraptor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Velociraptor osmolskae
Dinosauria hasMember Velociraptor
Tetanurae hasNotableMember Velociraptor
Avetheropoda includesTaxon Velociraptor
Jurassic Park III featuresCreature Velociraptor
Isla Nublar notableResidentSpecies Velociraptor
this entity surface form: Velociraptor (cloned)
Alan Grant enemyOf Velociraptor
this entity surface form: Velociraptors (Jurassic Park franchise)
Lex Murphy interactsWith Velociraptor
Indoraptor geneticSource Velociraptor
Indoraptor relatedSpecies Velociraptor
John Hammond associatedWith Velociraptor
Dromaeosauridae containsTaxon Velociraptor
Acheroraptor temertyorum closelyRelatedTo Velociraptor
this entity surface form: Velociraptor mongoliensis
Kasabian album Velociraptor
this entity surface form: Velociraptor!