Velociraptor
Appearance
Velociraptor | |
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Muntit V. mongoliensis cast at Wyoming Dinosaur Center | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Maniraptora |
Faimily: | †Dromaeosauridae |
Subfaimily: | †Velociraptorinae |
Genus: | †Velociraptor Osborn, 1924 |
Teep species | |
†Velociraptor mongoliensis Osborn, 1924
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Species | |
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Velociraptor (/vᵻˈlɒsᵻræptər/; meanin "swift seizer")[1] is a genus o dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur. Twa species are currently recognized, altho ithers hae been assigned in the past. The type species is V. mongoliensis; fossils o this species hae been discovered in Mongolie. A seicont species, V. osmolskae, wis named in 2008 for skull material frae Inner Mongolie, Cheenae.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Osborn, Henry F. (1924a). "Three new Theropoda, Protoceratops zone, central Mongolia". American Museum Novitates. 144: 1–12. hdl:2246/3223.