Velociraptors were small, agile and slender
dinosaurs with up-curved skull
?s and large sickle claw
?s. They had strong jaw
?s with rows of bladed teeth
?. These, in combination with very big claws on their hands and on one of their toe
?s (the size of these claws could reach up to the length of the teeth on extinct [sabertooth tiger]
?s) gave these some some impressive weaponry. Some different species have been found:
Velociraptor antirrhopus (Ostrum, 1969)
(Synonym : Deinonychus Antirrhopus)
- Skull length : 410 mm.
- Total length : 3.4 m.
- Hip height : 0.87 m.
- Weight : 73 kilograms
Velociraptor mongoliensis (Osborn, 1924)
- Skull length : 249 mm.
- Total length : 2.7 m.
- Hip height : 0.5 m.
- Weight : 15 kilograms
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