Velociraptor mongoliensis
species · Osborn 1924 · accepted · extinct
12 fossil sites · 4 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
100.5–66 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
4 rock formations
Fossil record
12 sites
6 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 35 million years, from 100.5 to 66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 66 million years old — that is roughly 220 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Velociraptor mongoliensis was named in 1924 (Osborn 1924) — 102 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 4 named rock formations.
- 6 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).