Dinokaart nr. 1876 van 2 027

Variraptor

Naam beteken: “Var thief”1

Variraptor was a small, fast meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now France. It was a dromaeosaur, a cousin of Velociraptor, and probably hunted with sharp claws on its feet and hands.1

Het geleef

84 tot 66 miljoen jaar gelede3

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Grès à Reptiles Formation, near Fox-Amphoux, Provence, southern France1

Topspoed

omtrent 43 km/h (27 mph)

Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe vinnig was dit?

'n Mens wat loop omtrent 5 km/h (3 mph)

'n Kind op 'n fiets omtrent 12 km/h (7 mph)

Variraptor omtrent 43 km/h (27 mph)

'n Galopperende perd omtrent 65 km/h (40 mph)

'n Jagluiperd omtrent 100 km/h (62 mph)

cool goed

Prettige feite

Variraptor was named after the Var River in southern France, plus the Latin word for thief.1

Its fossils were discovered by amateur paleontologists Patrick Méchin and Annie Méchin-Salessy between 1992 and 1995.1

The type specimens include a back vertebra, a sacrum (fused hip vertebrae), and a hip bone (ilium).1

Some scientists think Variraptor might be a chimaera, meaning its fossils could belong to more than one kind of dinosaur.1

A right upper arm bone (humerus) has a large deltopectoral crest, which suggests strong arm muscles for grabbing prey.1

Variraptor lived about 70 million years ago, during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous.1

KI-prent van Variraptor — 'n KI-prent van hoe Variraptor dalk gelyk het, deur 'n rekenaar gemaak uit wat wetenskaplikes weet. Dit is 'n raaiskoot: die regte dier het dalk anders gelyk, en niemand weet wat sy regte kleure was nie.

Mite-breker

Mite: Variraptor is definitely a valid dinosaur species.

Waarheid: Many scientists consider Variraptor a nomen dubium (doubtful name) because its incomplete fossils may not be unique enough to tell it apart from other dinosaurs.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Variraptor
Benoem deur: Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 19983
Groep: Raptors
Familie / klade: Dromaeosauridae3
Klassifikasie: Theropoda > Dromaeosauridae3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 84 tot 66 miljoen jaar (Campanian / Maastrichtian)3
Rotsformasies: Grès à Reptiles, Marnes Rouges Inférieures3
Lande: Frankryk3
Fossielrekords: 3 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: Variraptor was named in 1998 by French paleontologists Jean Le Loeuff and Eric Buffetaut, based on fossils found by Patrick and Annie Méchin in southern France.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure if Variraptor is a valid genus or if its fossils actually belong to more than one dinosaur species.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Variraptor (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Variraptor in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

Elke feit op hierdie bladsy het 'n nommer wat na sy bron wys. As ons iets verkeerd het, jammer, ons is dino-aanhangers, nie 'n wetenskapjoernaal nie. Laat weet ons by [email protected] en ons maak dit reg.

Rex is honger! Dino Wiki is 'n pa se projek vir sy seun wat mal is oor dino's, gratis met geen advertensies en geen spoorsnyers nie. Grootmense kan vir Rex 'n peuselhappie gee om te help om dit aanlyn te hou.Voer Rex