Dinosauria › Reptilia › Theropoda › Dromaeosauridae
Variraptor
Variraptor mechinorum Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1998
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Variraptor mechinorum is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1998. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Variraptor sits in deep time
Variraptor
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Variraptor's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.