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†subfamily Velociraptorinae Barsbold 1983 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Dromaeosauridae

Parent taxon: Eudromaeosauria according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2020

See also Barsbold 1983, Barsbold and Osmólska 1999, Burnham et al. 2004, Chanthasit and Buffetaut 2009, Chiappe 2002, Currie 1992, Currie 1995, Currie 1997, Currie 2000, Currie et al. 1990, Currie and Varricchio 2004, Evans et al. 2013, Gianechini et al. 2011, Kiernan and Schwimmer 2004, Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca 2009, Longrich and Currie 2009, Norell and Makovicky 1999, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007, Sanz et al. 2014, Senter et al. 2004, Sereno 1998, Sullivan 2006, Williamson and Brusatte 2014 and Zinke 1998

Sister taxa: Achillobator, Adasaurus, Deinonychus, Dromaeosaurinae, Saurornitholestinae, Utahraptor, Vectiraptor

Subtaxa: Acheroraptor Dineobellator Kansaignathus Linheraptor Tsaagan Velociraptor

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections), Canada (1: Alberta), China (5), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (14), Romania (7), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (5), Sudan (1), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (10: Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Morocco (2)

• Jurassic of Germany (1), Portugal (1)

Total: 55 collections including 57 occurrences

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