Dinosaurs! -Velociraptor

Velociraptor
"Fast Thief"

Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder:Coelurosauria

Physical Characteristics

7 feet long

Strong grasping hands

Muscular hindlimbs each tipped with sickle-like claw.

Possibly binocular vision

Large birdlike breastbone

Knife-sharp teeth

Fossil Sites

Mongolia (Asia).

Geologic Age

Late Cretaceous

Paleo Notes

It is surmised that Velociraptor may have hunted in packs. They would have made a deadly adversary for any prey using their sickle claws to tear at their bellies.

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