Species
Valid Extinct

Velociraptor mongoliensis

Osborn 1924

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
12
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Coelurosauria Unranked clade
Maniraptora Unranked clade
Paraves Unranked clade
Deinonychosauria Infraorder
Dromaeosauridae Family
Eudromaeosauria Unranked clade
Velociraptorinae Subfamily
Velociraptor Genus
Velociraptor mongoliensis Species
Fossil sites 12 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
9
🇨🇳 China
2
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
1
Geological formations
Zouyun
1
Dabrazhin
1
Minhe
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
11
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
H. F. Osborn. 1924. Three new Theropoda, Protoceratops zone, central Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 144:1-12
Bibliography (9)
L. M. Chiappe, S. Suzuki, and G. J. Dyke, M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, R. Barsbold. 2007. A new enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5(2):193-208 DOI ↗
A. H. Turner, P. J. Makovicky, and M. A. Norell. 2007. Feather quill knobs in the dinosaur Velociraptor. Science 317(5845):1721 DOI ↗
M. A. Norell and P. J. Makovicky. 1999. Important features of the dromaeosaur skeleton II: information from newly collected specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis. American Museum Novitates 3282:1-45
D. Dashzeveg, M. J. Novacek, and MA Norell, JM Clark, LM Chiappe, A. Davidson, MC McKenna, L. Dingus, C. Swisher, P. Altangerel. 1995. Extraordinary preservation in a new vertebrate assemblage from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 374:446-449 DOI ↗
R. Barsbold. 1974. Poyedinok dinozavrov [Dueling dinosaurs]. Prioda 1974(2):81-83
C.-C. Young. 1958. The first record of dinosaurian remains from Shansi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2(4):231-236
B. Bohlin. 1953. VI. Vertebrate Palaeontology 6. Fossil reptiles from Mongolia and Kansu. Reports from the Scientific Expedition to the North-western Provinces of China under Leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin. The Sino-Swedish Expedition Publication 37:1-113
A. N. Riabinin. 1938. Some results of the studies of the Upper Cretaceous dinosaurian fauna from the vicinity of the station Sary-Agach, South Kazakhstan. Problems of Paleontology 4:125-135
H. F. Osborn. 1924. Three new Theropoda, Protoceratops zone, central Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 144:1-12