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Velociraptor osmolskae
Taxonomy
Velociraptor osmolskae was named by Godefroit et al. (2008). Its type specimen is IMM 99NM-BYM-3/3, a skull, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is SBDE Quarry 99BM-III, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Bayan Mandahu Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Velociraptor osmolskae Godefroit et al. p. 433 figs. 2-3 |
| 2010 | Velociraptor osmolskae Longrich et al. p. 955 |
| 2012 | Velociraptor osmolskae Hone et al. p. 27 |
| 2020 | Velociraptor osmolskae Czepiński p. 490 |
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†Velociraptor osmolskae Godefroit et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. Godefroit et al. 2008 | Long rostral plate of maxilla, with elongation index (L/H ratio) = 1.38. Promaxillary fenestra subequal in size to the maxillary fenestra and teardrop-shaped; long axis of the promaxillary fenestra perpendicular to the dorsal border of the maxilla; long axis of maxillary fenestra parallel to this border. Ten maxillary teeth with short unserrated carina on the apical end of the mesial edge and with incipient serrations on the distal carina.
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| References: Peczkis 1995, Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875 | |||||