Pronunciation: vuh-LOH-suh-rap-TOR-uh-nay
Author: Barsbold
Year: 1983
Meaning: Swift plunderers (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Age range : 156-66 million years ago
Definition
All dromaeosaurids closer to Velociraptor mongliensis than Dromaeosaurus albertensis.
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Etymology
Velociraptorinae is derived from the Latin "velocis" (swift), "raptor" (plunderer, thief), and "-inae" (sub family).
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References
• Barsbold R (1983) "Carnivorous dinosaurs from the Cretaceous of Mongolia". Transactions of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition, 19: 5–119. [English translation by C. Siskron and S. P. Welles.]
• Longrich NR and Currie PJ (2009) "A microraptorine (Dinosauria, Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of North America".
PNAS, 106(13): 5002-7. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811664106.
