Dinosaur genus
Velociraptor
Velociraptor is a dinosaur genus known from bones, found in rocks 83.6–72.2 million years old, in Mongolia, Canada and China.
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medium: Only Wikidata gives this; nothing contradicts it.Confidence labels are switched off. Facts with low confidence, or where sources disagree, still carry a small dot: tap it for the reason.
At a glance
Data as of 4 October 2026- Named by
- Osborn 1924
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high: 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.
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high: 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
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medium: Only PBDB gives a range this precise; NHM's records give only a broader interval, which contains it.Omnisaura calculation83.6–72.2 million years ago, from its dated fossil recordsmedium
medium: Omnisaura's calculation from 16 confirmed PBDB records.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
- Fossils found in
- MongoliaCanada
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high: NHM and PBDB both record it.Chinalow
low: Only one PBDB record.low
low: Only one PBDB record.mixed
mixed: 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
- DjadokhtaBaruungoyot
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high: An Omnisaura editor ruled on it.Bayan Mandahumedium
medium: Only PBDB records it (2 records).Dinosaur Parklow
low: Only one PBDB record.low
low: Only one PBDB record.mixed
mixed: 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
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high: Sources disagreed; an Omnisaura editor ruled on it.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
- Parent group
- Velociraptorinae
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
- Order
- Saurischia
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medium: Only NHM gives this; nothing contradicts it.Sources
Given by: Natural History Museum Data Portal. How it was chosen: Gap filled from NHM.
- Species named in its records
- Velociraptor mongoliensis, Velociraptor osmolskae
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Given by: Paleobiology Database (the species its fossil records are identified as).
- Diet
- carnivore (inferred for its group)
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medium: Only PBDB gives this, and it infers it for the whole of Dromaeosauridae, the group this genus belongs to, not from this genus's own fossils.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB, inferred from a group the genus belongs to.
- Way of life
- ground dwelling (inferred for its group)
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low: PBDB infers this way of life for the whole of Dromaeosauridae; behaviour is rarely known for one genus.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB, inferred from a group the genus belongs to.
- Known from
- Bones
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database (what the name was based on).
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 the name in quotation marks).
- Resting on one source: 5 facts come from a single source with nothing against them (rated medium): parent group (PBDB); order (NHM); age (headline) (PBDB); common names (Wikidata); diet (PBDB).
Size and appearance aren't covered yet, and diet and way of life only as PBDB infers them for the wider group. Omnisaura leaves the rest 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.
Connections
Genera linked to Velociraptor by where and when their fossils were found, by classification and by who named them. Select a name to open its page.
Same rocks, same time 77
Genera found in the same rock units, from rocks of overlapping age, the most shared fossil sites first.
Same family: Dromaeosauridae 30
Other genera in Dromaeosauridae with a full profile.
Named by Osborn 8
Genera whose naming authority includes the same surname. The authority has no initials, so different people who share a surname can appear together.
Found in Mongolia 39
Other genera found in Mongolia, from rocks of overlapping age, the most fossil sites there first.
Credits
Where this page comes from
- Omnisaura editorialOmnisaura editorial content (© Future Sailors, all rights reserved) · data
- Paleobiology DatabaseCC BY 4.0 · fossil records, ages, classification
- Natural History Museum Data PortalCC0 1.0 · catalogued specimens
- WikidataCC0 1.0 · names and identifiers
- OmnisauraOmnisaura editorial · confidence levels and gaps
- PaleoMAP PaleoCoastlines (Kocsis and Scotese 2021)CC BY 4.0 · ancient coastlines on the small map
- Natural EarthPublic domain · today's coastlines
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