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Velociraptor
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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
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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
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