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Dinosaur genus

Velociraptor

Osborn 1924

Velociraptor is a dinosaur genus known from bones, found in rocks 83.6–72.2 million years old, in Mongolia, Canada and China.

Also calledja ヴェロキラプトルzh 伶盜龍
mediummedium: Only Wikidata gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Confidence labels
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At a glance

Data as of 12 October 2026
83.6–72.2 Ma
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
252 million years ago20114366

Solid: the ages of its dated fossils, 83.6–72.2 million years ago (Omnisaura's calculation). Pale: the published range, 89.8–66 million years ago, which also counts records Omnisaura leaves out.

The last non-bird dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago. That's as far from us as the end of this bar.

Named by
Osborn 1924
highhigh: PBDB and Wikidata agree.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Described in
H. F. Osborn (1924). Three new Theropoda, Protoceratops zone, central Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 144: 1–12.
highhigh: PBDB gives this publication for the name; its author and year match the naming authority (Osborn 1924), on which PBDB and Wikidata agree.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.

Lived
Coniacian to Maastrichtian, 89.8–66 million years ago
highhigh: PBDB and NHM agree.
Omnisaura calculation83.6–72.2 million years ago, from its dated fossil records
mediummedium: Omnisaura's calculation from 16 confirmed PBDB records.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Fossils found in
Mongolia
highhigh: NHM and PBDB both record it.
Canada
lowlow: Only one PBDB record.
China
lowlow: Only one PBDB record.
mixedmixed: Levels differ between entries; each has its own.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database; Natural History Museum Data Portal. How it was chosen: Union of all sources (ISO 3166).

Rock formations
Djadokhta
highhigh: An Omnisaura editor ruled on it.
Baruungoyot
mediummedium: Only PBDB records it (2 records).
Bayan Mandahu
lowlow: Only one PBDB record.
Dinosaur Park
lowlow: Only one PBDB record.
mixedmixed: Levels differ between entries; each has its own.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database; Omnisaura editorial; Natural History Museum Data Portal. How it was chosen: Canonical names, automatic and editor-approved matches applied.

Family
Dromaeosauridae
highhigh: Sources disagreed; an Omnisaura editor ruled on it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Parent group
Velociraptorinae
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Order
Saurischia
mediummedium: Only NHM gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Natural History Museum Data Portal. How it was chosen: Gap filled from NHM.

Known from
Bones
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database (what the name was based on).

Sources: Omnisaura editorial (Omnisaura editorial content (© Future Sailors, all rights reserved)), Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0), Natural History Museum Data Portal (CC0 1.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0)Confidence levels and gaps are Omnisaura's own assessment.

Gaps are answers

What isn't known yet

  • Type species: no source we use gives it yet.
  • What it was named after: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Held back: 4 fossil records left out: identified only tentatively (for example "cf." or "?").
  • Resting on one source: 3 facts come from a single source with nothing against them (rated medium): parent group (PBDB); order (NHM); common names (Wikidata).

Size, diet and behaviour aren't covered yet. Omnisaura leaves them out rather than guess.

Where sources disagree

None open. Where our sources overlap, they agree on everything shown here.

Did it meet…?

?

Possibly. Both are recorded from the same rocks of the same age (Dinosaur Park), but there one of them is identified only to genus (for example from an isolated tooth).

Going by the ages and rock formations of their dated fossils, as on the map. Compare their fossil sites on the map.

Lived alongside

Genera found in the same rock formations, from rocks of the same age.

SaurornitholestesCentrosaurusRichardoestesiaTroodonCorythosaurusProtoceratopsChasmosaurusDromaeosaurusLambeosaurusParonychodonBagaceratopsPinacosaurusGorgosaurusStyracosaurusGryposaurusProtoceratopsidovumand 61 more

Same family

Other genera in Dromaeosauridae with a full profile.

AcheroraptorAchillobatorAdasaurusAtrociraptorAustroraptorBalaurBambiraptorBoreonykusBuitreraptorChangyuraptorDakotaraptorDeinonychusDromaeosaurusHesperonychusItemirusMicroraptorand 14 more

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