Velociraptor Velociraptor mongoliensis Osborn 1924
/vəˌlɒsɪˈræptər/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 89.8–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Countries
Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan
Regions
Omnogov · Nei Mongol · Turkistan · Omngov
Formations
Djadokhta · Minhe · Dabrazhin · Zouyun
Dig sites
11
distinct collections
Overview
Velociraptor mongoliensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 89.8–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Omnogov, Mongolia and elsewhere. It was named by Osborn 1924. The species is represented by 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~38%
well attested
Based on 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Velociraptor mongoliensis sits in deep time
Velociraptor
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Velociraptor mongoliensis'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.