Variraptor Variraptor mechinorum Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1998
/ˈværɪræptər/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
France
Regions
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · Languedoc-Roussillon
Formations
Grès à Reptiles · Marnes Rouges Inférieures
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
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 is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Variraptor mechinorum sits in deep time
Variraptor
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Variraptor mechinorum's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.