Velociraptor
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(vls´rp´´tr) [Gr.,=swift robber], swift bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period. It was relatively small, being approximately 6 ft (1.8 m) long.
Velociraptor highlights many of the numerous similarities between dinosaurs and birds, which go far beyond the skin-deep appearance of feathers. Like birds, Velociraptor had hollow bones, tended nests of eggs, and probably behaved in similar ways.
Velociraptors
Velociraptors were made famous in the film 'Jurassic Park', though they were a little less impressive in reality, standing not much taller than domestic turkeys. A famous fossil has one locked in battle with a Protoceratops.
Velociraptors' Killer Claws Helped Them Eat Prey Alive
The sickle claws would have kept struggling prey from escaping.
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Those of us from generation Jurassic Park can't help but think of the terrifying dinosaurs nicknamed "raptors," horribly Hollywoodified versions of Velociraptor that were as it turns out, way too naked.
Argus monitors are like velociraptors on all fours! They hunt for prey by keying in on movement, chasing it down and overpowering it. Insects, fish, frogs, snakes, birds and small mammals are all on the dinner menu of this nondiscriminate feeder.
Other small, feathered coelurosaurs from the Cretaceous and Late Jurassic show features that may be precursors of avian flight, for example: Rahonavis, a ground-runner which had a Velociraptor-like raised sickle claw on the second toe and which some ...
With the ability to run on their hind legs, these Velociraptors of the desert are easily recognized by the two black neck bands. There are bars and lots of little white spots on the back.
We did not want to upset Maripi! But as long as the baby wasn’t giving its “velociraptor call,' Maripi was calm. And as long as the baby was held firmly but gently against someone (anteater or human), he was happy.
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December 14, 2011 " New research has revealed how dinosaurs like Velociraptor and Deinonychus used their famous killer claws, leading to a new hypothesis on the evolution of flight in ... > full story ...
The Letter V
A printout on the letter V, picturing a vulture, volcano, violin, and a Velociraptor.
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Omeisaurus tianfuensis
Pliosaur
Psittacosaurus sinensis
Sinosauropteryx prima
Shunosaurus lii
Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus
Velociraptor mongoliensis
Yangchuanosaurus huopingensis
Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis ...
Paleontologists think that Archaeopteryx was a dead-end in evolution and that early coelurosaurian theropods (a group of meat-eaters that included dinosaurs like Deinonychus and Velociraptor) led to the birds.
 See also: Dinosaur, Lizard, Diver, Pterosaur, Genet
  
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