Raptors

Linda Alduin

@lindaalduin

Raptor is a general term for many dinosaur species of the group Dromaeosaurids. All were carnivorous therapods and were believed to have feathers, being the ancestors of modern birds. Some species include the Velociraptor, Utahraptor and Deinonychus.

Grabs

Hearts

Comments

Linda Alduin

@lindaalduin

Raptor is a general term for many dinosaur species of the group Dromaeosaurids. All were carnivorous therapods and were believed to have feathers, being the ancestors of modern birds. Some species include the Velociraptor, Utahraptor and Deinonychus.

Dromaeosauridae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dromaeosauridae is a family of feathered theropod dinosaurs. They were small- to medium-sized feathered carnivores that flourished in the Cretaceous Period.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromaeosauridae
Velociraptor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Velociraptor (meaning "swift seizer") is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 75 to 71 million years ago during the later part of the Cretaceous Period
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor
Utahraptor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Utahraptor (meaning "Utah's predator") is a genus of theropod dinosaurs. It contains a single species, Utahraptor ostrommaysorum, which is the largest known member of the family Dromaeosauridae.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utahraptor
Utah's Dinosaur 'Death Trap' Reveals Trove of Giant Predators

A nine-ton block of sandstone that was pulled from a Utah mountain late last year holds the biggest fossil trove ever found of the giant predatory dinosaur known as Utahraptor.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150106-utahraptor-death-trap-fossil/
10 Facts About Utahraptor, the World's Biggest Raptor - About

How much do you really know about Utahraptor, the largest raptor that ever lived? Here are 10 fascinating facts about this plus-sized predator of the middle Cretaceous period.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/ss/10-Facts-About-Utahraptor.htm
Raptors - The Bird-Like Dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period

Among the most feared dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era, raptors were closely related to modern birds. Here's a look at how paleontologists classify raptors, as well as profiles of famous genera ranging from Achillobator to Velociraptor.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/a/raptors.htm
Velociraptor - DinosaurFacts

Information on the Velociraptor including pictures, facts, and a short biography.
http://www.dinosaurfacts.org/velociraptor
New Giant Raptor the Largest Ever with Wing Feathers - Discovery News

Famous fossil location in South Dakota yields the 17-foot 'Dakotaraptor.'
http://news.discovery.com/animals/dinosaurs/new-giant-raptor-the-largest-ever-with-wing-feathers-151104.htm
What Jurassic Park Got Wrong About Raptors - Smithsonian

Real raptors had feathers and, according to one paleontologist, looked a lot more like "prehistoric kickboxing killer turkeys"
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/science/what-jurassic-park-got-wrong-about-raptors
Velociraptor: Facts about the 'Speedy Thief' - Livescience

This turkey-sized dinosaur looked very different from its 'Jurassic Park' depiction.
http://www.livescience.com/23922-velociraptor-facts.html

Comments

Dromaeosaurids Temporal range: Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

A collection of dromaeosaurid fossil skeletons. Clockwise from upper left: Deinonychus antirrhopus (a heavily built eudromaeosaur), Buitreraptor gonzalezorum (a long-snouted unenlagiine), Velociraptor mongoliensis (a small velociraptorine), Microraptor gui (a winged microraptorian), Halszkaraptor escuilliei (a semiaquatic halszkaraptorine), Zhenyuanlong suni (a long-winged dromaeosaurid)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	Paraves
Family:	†Dromaeosauridae Matthew & Brown, 1922
Type species
†Dromaeosaurus albertensis Matthew & Brown, 1922
Subgroups^[5]
†Hesperonychus?^[1] †Ornithodesmus †Pamparaptor?^[2] †Pyroraptor †Variraptor?^[3] †Serraraptoria (Wang & Pei 2024) †Daurlong †Shanag?^[4] †Tianyuraptor †Zhenyuanlong †Eudromaeosauria †Microraptoria †Unenlagiinia? (Brum et al., 2021) †Halszkaraptorinae? †Unenlagiinae
Synonyms
Itemiridae Kurzanov, 1976 Unenlagiidae? Agnolin & Novas, 2011

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

Links
Media

Dromaeosauridae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dromaeosauridae is a family of feathered theropod dinosaurs. They were small- to medium-sized feathered carnivores that flourished in the Cretaceous Period.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromaeosauridae
Velociraptor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Velociraptor (meaning "swift seizer") is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 75 to 71 million years ago during the later part of the Cretaceous Period
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor
Utahraptor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Utahraptor (meaning "Utah's predator") is a genus of theropod dinosaurs. It contains a single species, Utahraptor ostrommaysorum, which is the largest known member of the family Dromaeosauridae.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utahraptor
Utah's Dinosaur 'Death Trap' Reveals Trove of Giant Predators

A nine-ton block of sandstone that was pulled from a Utah mountain late last year holds the biggest fossil trove ever found of the giant predatory dinosaur known as Utahraptor.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150106-utahraptor-death-trap-fossil/
10 Facts About Utahraptor, the World's Biggest Raptor - About

How much do you really know about Utahraptor, the largest raptor that ever lived? Here are 10 fascinating facts about this plus-sized predator of the middle Cretaceous period.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/ss/10-Facts-About-Utahraptor.htm
Raptors - The Bird-Like Dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period

Among the most feared dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era, raptors were closely related to modern birds. Here's a look at how paleontologists classify raptors, as well as profiles of famous genera ranging from Achillobator to Velociraptor.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/a/raptors.htm
Velociraptor - DinosaurFacts

Information on the Velociraptor including pictures, facts, and a short biography.
http://www.dinosaurfacts.org/velociraptor
New Giant Raptor the Largest Ever with Wing Feathers - Discovery News

Famous fossil location in South Dakota yields the 17-foot 'Dakotaraptor.'
http://news.discovery.com/animals/dinosaurs/new-giant-raptor-the-largest-ever-with-wing-feathers-151104.htm
What Jurassic Park Got Wrong About Raptors - Smithsonian

Real raptors had feathers and, according to one paleontologist, looked a lot more like "prehistoric kickboxing killer turkeys"
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/science/what-jurassic-park-got-wrong-about-raptors
Velociraptor: Facts about the 'Speedy Thief' - Livescience

This turkey-sized dinosaur looked very different from its 'Jurassic Park' depiction.
http://www.livescience.com/23922-velociraptor-facts.html

Dromaeosaurids Temporal range: Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

A collection of dromaeosaurid fossil skeletons. Clockwise from upper left: Deinonychus antirrhopus (a heavily built eudromaeosaur), Buitreraptor gonzalezorum (a long-snouted unenlagiine), Velociraptor mongoliensis (a small velociraptorine), Microraptor gui (a winged microraptorian), Halszkaraptor escuilliei (a semiaquatic halszkaraptorine), Zhenyuanlong suni (a long-winged dromaeosaurid)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	Paraves
Family:	†Dromaeosauridae Matthew & Brown, 1922
Type species
†Dromaeosaurus albertensis Matthew & Brown, 1922
Subgroups^[5]
†Hesperonychus?^[1] †Ornithodesmus †Pamparaptor?^[2] †Pyroraptor †Variraptor?^[3] †Serraraptoria (Wang & Pei 2024) †Daurlong †Shanag?^[4] †Tianyuraptor †Zhenyuanlong †Eudromaeosauria †Microraptoria †Unenlagiinia? (Brum et al., 2021) †Halszkaraptorinae? †Unenlagiinae
Synonyms
Itemiridae Kurzanov, 1976 Unenlagiidae? Agnolin & Novas, 2011

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

Enter username for account

Enter username for account

Not a member of NMPED Community!

Raptors

Raptor is a general term for many dinosaur species of the group Dromaeosaurids. All were carnivorous therapods and were believed to have feathers, being the ancestors of modern birds. Some species include the Velociraptor, Utahraptor and Deinonychus.

Logged Out