Velociraptor

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Velociraptor
Conservation status: Fossil

Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Velociraptor size compared to a human.
Velociraptor size compared to a human.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Coelurosauria
Family: Dromaeosauridae
Subfamily: Velociraptorinae
Barsbold, 1983
Genus: Velociraptor
Species: V. mongoliensis
Binomial name
Velociraptor mongoliensis
Osborn, 1924

Velociraptor was a predatory dinosaur in the Late Cretaceous. It was found attacking a Protoceratops in a fossil from Mongolia.

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