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Dromaeosauridae

Variraptor VÆRIHRAPTER

"thief"

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Variraptor 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Variraptor
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (70 Mya)
Place
France
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dromaeosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Sickle-clawed raptors: Velociraptor, Deinonychus, Utahraptor.

Variraptor ( ; “Var thief”) is a possibly dubious and potentially chimaeric genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of France.

What we know

  • Named by Le Loeuff & Buffetaut, 1998.
  • Fossils found in France.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Variraptor — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.