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Dintlha tse di monate
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

Mothubi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: Variraptor is definitely a valid dinosaur species.
Boammaaruri: 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
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Variraptor
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 19983
- Setlhopha
- Diraptoro
- Lelapa / clade
- Dromaeosauridae3
- Thulaganyo
- Theropoda > Dromaeosauridae3
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 84 go ya go 66 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Campanian / Maastrichtian)3
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Grès à Reptiles, Marnes Rouges Inférieures3
- Dinaga
- Fora3
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 3 mo The Paleobiology Database3
- Go fitlhelwa
- 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
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists are not sure if Variraptor is a valid genus or if its fossils actually belong to more than one dinosaur species.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Variraptor (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Variraptor in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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