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Velociraptor mongoliensis

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Velociraptor mongoliensis was named by Osborn (1924). Its type specimen is AMNH 6515, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shabarakh Usu (AMNH loc. 12049), which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia. It was considered monophyletic by Currie (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Velociraptor mongoliensis Osborn pp. 1-3 figs. 1-2
1927Velociraptor mongoliensis Huene p. 272
1935Velociraptor mongoliensis Young
1939Velociraptor mongoliensis Kuhn p. 50
1953Velociraptor mongoliense Bohlin p. 12
1958Velociraptor mongoliensis Young p. 231
1964Velociraptor mongoliensis Tatarinov p. 531
1969Velociraptor mongoliensis Colbert and Russell p. 40
1969Velociraptor mongoliensis Ostrom p. 148
1970Velociraptor mongoliensis Steel p. 17
1974Velociraptor mongoliensis Barsbold p. 82
1977Velociraptor mongoliensis Rozhdestvensky p. 112
1977Velociraptor mongoliensis Sues p. 174
1980Velocirator mongoliensis Chao
1983Velociraptor mongoliensis Barsbold p. 90
1984Velociraptor mongoliensis Cheng p. 211
1984Velociraptor mongoliensis Kielan-Jaworowska p. 99
1984Velociraptor mongoliensis Welles p. 176
1986Velociraptor mongoliensis Buffetaut et al. p. 1395
1986Velociraptor mongoliensis Gauthier p. 11
1986Velociraptor mongoliensis Li et al. p. 134
1988Velociraptor mongoliensis Paul pp. 6-7
1992Velociraptor mongoliensis Currie p. 246
1992Velociraptor mongoliensis Dong p. 164
1994Velociraptor mongoliensis Matsukawa and Obata p. 119
1996Velociraptor mongoliensis Chiappe et al. p. 559
1996Velociraptor mongoliensis Osmólska p. 30
1997Velociraptor mongoliensis Currie p. 194
1997Velociraptor mongoliensis Norell and Makovicky p. 3
1997Velociraptor mongoliensis Osmólska p. 41
1997Velociraptor mongoliensis Ryan p. 443
1998Velociraptor mongoliensis Le Loeuff and Buffetaut p. 110
1998Velociraptor mongoliensis Makovicky and Norell p. 3
1999Velociraptor mongoliensis Barsbold and Osmólska p. 190
1999Velociraptor mongoliensis Norell and Makovicky p. 1
2000Velociraptor mongoliensis Burnham et al. p. 4
2000Velociraptor mongoliensis Carpenter p. 136
2000Velociraptor mongoliensis Currie p. 436
2000Velociraptor mongoliensis Norell et al. p. 9
2000Velociraptor mongoliensis Shuvalov p. 269
2001Velociraptor mongoliensis Lambert et al. p. 7
2002Velociraptor mongoliensis Chiappe p. 460
2003Velociraptor mongoliensis Rauhut p. 37
2004Velociraptor mongoliensis Burnham et al. p. 42A
2004Velociraptor mongoliensis Godfrey and Currie p. 147
2004Velociraptor mongoliensis Norell and Makovicky p. 199
2004Velociraptor mongoliensis Senter et al. p. 5
2005Velociraptor mongoliensis Lü et al. p. 263
2007Velociraptor mongoliensis Senter p. 2
2007Velociraptor mongoliensis Turner et al. p. 5
2008Velociraptor mongoliensis Godefroit et al. p. 432
2008Velociraptor mongoliensis Longrich p. 144
2009Velociraptor mongoliensis Balanoff et al. p. 16
2009Velociraptor mongoliensis Bever and Norell p. 7
2009Velociraptor mongoliensis Chanthasit and Buffetaut p. 148
2009Velociraptor mongoliensis Longrich and Currie
2009Velociraptor mongoliensis Norell et al. p. 8
2009Velociraptor mongoliensis Zheng et al.
2009Velociraptor mongoliensis van der Lubbe et al. p. 406
2010Velociraptor mongoliensis Longrich et al. p. 955
2010Velociraptor mongoliensis Xu and Han p. 16
2011Velociraptor mongoliensis Goianechini and Apesteguía p. 174
2011Velociraptor mongoliensis Turner et al. p. 6
2012Velociraptor mongoliensis Fanti et al. p. 10
2012Velociraptor mongoliensis Gong et al. p. 82
2012Velociraptor mongoliensis Hone et al. p. 27
2012Velociraptor mongoliensis Prieto-Marquez et al. p. 121
2013Velociraptor mongoliensis Brusatte et al. p. 627
2014Velociraptor mongoliensis Delcourt and Grillo p. 312
2014Velociraptor mongoliensis Hendrickx and Mateus p. 21
2014Velociraptor mongoliensis Tsogtbaatar et al. p. 109
2015Velociraptor mongoliensis Funston et al. p. 186
2015Velociraptor mongoliensis Parsons and Parsons p. 3
2016Velociraptor mongoliensis Currie p. 84
2016Velociraptor mongoliensis Funston and Currie p. 7
2018Velociraptor mongoliensis Frederickson et al. p. 2
2018Velociraptor mongoliensis Norell et al. p. 12
2019Velociraptor mongoliensis Brownstein p. 8
2020Velociraptor mongoliensis Czepiński p. 490
2020Velociraptor mongoliensis Jasinski et al. p. 7
2021Velociraptor mongoliensis Averianov and Lopatin p. 570
2022Velociraptor mongoliensis Krumenacker et al. p. 1342

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
—Eudromaeosauria
subfamilyVelociraptorinaeBarsbold 1983
genusVelociraptor
speciesmongoliensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H.-D. Sues 1977Small carnivorous theropod with low, elongate skull. Muzzle depressed. Orbit large, larger than posterior antorbital fenestra. Upper temporal arcade relatively short. Glenoid fossa less depressed below dorsal margin of mandible than in Dromaeosaurus. Dental formula: pmx 3 + mx 9-10/d15. Anterior carinae of teeth with 38 to 40 denticles per 5 mm, posterior carinae with 25 to 26. Anterior denticles much smaller than posterior denticles.
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter116.7
tibiotarsus diameter116.3

Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-08-24 13:21:36
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:21:36
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875, Holtz et al. 2000

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Campanian or 89.80000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Shanxi) Velociraptor mongoliensis (71840)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Tajikistan (Asht) Velociraptor mongoliensis (53132)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Mongolia (Omngov) Velociraptor mongoliensis (62928)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Mongolia (Omnogov) Dromaeosauridae indet. (62927)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0China (Nei Mongol) Velociraptor mongoliense (50729)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov Aimak) Velociraptor mongoliensis (37184)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Ovoraptor djadochtari (type locality: 46152) Velociraptor mongoliensis (22685 51033) Velociraptor sp. (55256)