Velociraptor osmolskae Godefroit et al. 2008 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: P. Godefroit, P. J. Currie, H. Li, C. Y. Shang, and Z.-M. Dong. 2008. A new species of Velociraptor (Dinosauria: Dromaeosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of northern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):432-438

Belongs to Velociraptor according to P. Godefroit et al. 2008

See also CzepiƄski 2020, Hone et al. 2012 and Longrich et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Velociraptor mongoliensis

Type specimen: IMM 99NM-BYM-3/3, a skull. Its type locality is SBDE Quarry 99BM-III, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Bayan Mandahu Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at SBDE Quarry 99BM-III

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