Talk:Velociraptor
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moved this here from the main page:
I vaguely remember that "Deinonychus antirrhopus" is now considered correct, that better specimens found in the last 10 years or so show that it is really not in the Velociraptor genus. Do we have any real paleontologists here with an opinion? BTW the "velociraptors" in the Jurassic Park movies are probably supposed to be antirrhopus, they certainly aren't Velociraptor mongoliensis. (But in any case they are wrong in several ways.)
- You're right, Deinonychus is the correct name. The differences - especially in the skull - are considered to be to big to make them Velociraptor. -- Riptor
- Sinking Deinonychus into Velociraptor was suggested by Gregory S. Paul in his famous Predatory Dinosaurs of the World. This was never generally accepted. Lumping genera is not a good idea in cladistics...
MWAK--84.27.81.59 10:25, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
weight of velociraptor?
It seems to be very low. http://www.dinodictionary.com/dinos_uv.asp#VELOCIRAPTOR says 90 kg instead of 15 kg.
- The 200 pounds mentioned there is probably a typo for 20. The 15kg is again from Paul's PDW.
MWAK--84.27.81.59 14:13, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
"Raptors suck"?
Someone seems to have removed a good-sized chunk of this article, and replaced it with the above statement
