Introduction
Velociraptor was a fast-running, two-legged (bipedal) dinosaur. This meat-eater had about 80 very sharp, curved teeth in a long, flat snout; some of the teeth were over an inch (2.5 cm) long. This predator had an s-shaped neck, arms with three-fingered clawed hands, long thin legs, and four-toed clawed feet.
Velociraptor lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 85 - 80 million years ago
Velociraptor was first found and described by paleontologist H. F. Osborn in Mongolia in 1924. About a dozen Velociraptor fossils have been found, including one who died in a battle to the death with Protoceratops and two hatchling Velociraptor skulls that were found near an oviraptorid nest in Mongolia (they may have been a meal). Fossils have been found in Mongolia, Russia, and China.
Physical Characteristics
Velociraptor may have been able to run up to roughly 40 mph for short bursts.
Velociraptor was about 5 to 6 feet long, and about 3 feet tall. The dinosaur may have weighed about 15 to 33 pounds. It had a stiff tail that worked as a counterbalance and let it make very quick turns.
A 3.5 inch (9 cm) long, sickle-like, retractible claw was on the middle toe of each foot. This claw was its main weapon, and could probably kill most of its prey (defenseless plant-eaters like hadrosaurs) easily.
Velociraptor's brain was relatively large in comparison to its body size (this is true for all the Dromaeosaurid dinosaurs, who were the most intelligent dinosaurs).
Velociraptor, along with the other Dromaeosaurids, were the smartest dinosaurs, as calculated from their brain:body weight ratio. This made them very deadly predators. Velociraptor may have hunted in packs, perhaps attacking even very large animals.
· Life Style
Velociraptor was a carnivore, a meat eater. It probably ate just about anything it could slash and tear apart. It may have hunted in packs. It ate Protoceratops (one was found fossilized with Velociraptor in a battle to the death) and probably ate any other plant-eaters, like hadrosaurs (duck-billed dinosaurs). The velociraptors lived and hunted in a pack. There was usually three to five in a group of velociraptors. In reproduction, the female velociraptors laid their eggs in nests of burrowed dirt on the ground. They laid up to twelve eggs per birth. Many nests would be made close to each other for easier protection of the eggs.
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