velociraptor

Intro  Jurassic Park Wiki Advertisement Jurassic Park Wiki Velociraptor Jurassic_park_velociraptor_2_by_speedcam_dcsll3m-fullview Name meaning "Swift thief/robber" Code name "Raptor" Diet Carnivore Height 0.5 meter (1.5 feet) [Real-life] 1.83 meters (6 feet) [Jurassic media] Length 1.5-2.07 meters (4.9-6.8 feet) [Real-life] 3-4 meters (9-13 feet) [Jurassic media] Weight 7-13 kg (15-30 pounds) [Real-life] 150 kg (330 lbs) [Jurassic media] Location China Mongolia Time Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian), 75–71 Ma Birth type Egg Movie appearances Jurassic Park The Lost World: Jurassic Park Jurassic Park III Jurassic World Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Jurassic World: Dominion Jurassic World: Chaos Theory Jurassic World: Rebirth Novel appearances All Game appearances See here Toy appearances See here Theme park appearances Jurassic Park: River Adventure More Velociraptor, in real life, was a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period which inhabited what is now the Mongolia-China border with other unique dinosaurs. Velociraptor was no bigger than a wolf and with its feathers it bore a very bird-like appearance that would make it all the more different from the films, being more akin to a flightless hawk. It had a long claw ("terrible claw") on the second toe of both feet, 8 centimeters (3 inches) long, which was probably used as a weapon, plunging into the flesh of victims and causing deep wounds. Velociraptor was the first dromaeosaurid to be discovered (1923) and is still the most well known to paleontologists, with over a dozen recovered fossil skeletons - the most of any other member of its family. Since its appearance in the first film, it has become a symbol of Jurassic Park and has appeared in all the films and games. In the Jurassic Park universe, the "Velociraptor" is after the genus of another dromaeosaurid dinosaur known as Deinonychus. The films, like the novels, followed the unusual