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Variraptor

Il num vul dir: “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

Viveva

avant 84 fin 66 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

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

Spertadad maximala

var 43 km/h (27 mph)

Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant spert era el?

Ina persuna che va a pe var 5 km/h (3 mph)

In uffant sin il velo var 12 km/h (7 mph)

Variraptor var 43 km/h (27 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

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

Maletg da Variraptor fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Variraptor pudess avair guardà ora, fatg d'in computer tenor quai che la scienza sa. I sa tracta d'ina supposiziun: l'animal vair ha forsa guardà ora auter, e sias colurs vairas èn nunenconuschentas.

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Variraptor is definitely a valid dinosaur species.

Vardad: 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

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Variraptor
Numnà da: Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 19983
Gruppa: Raptors
Famiglia / clada: Dromaeosauridae3
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Dromaeosauridae3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 84 fin 66 milliuns onns (Campanian / Maastrichtian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Grès à Reptiles, Marnes Rouges Inférieures3
Pajais: Frantscha3
Chats da fossils: 3 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: 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
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if Variraptor is a valid genus or if its fossils actually belong to more than one dinosaur species.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Variraptor (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Variraptor in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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