Variraptor
Field photograph to come
Variraptor
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- Lived
- 84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- France
- Named by
- Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1998
Field notes
About Variraptor
Variraptor was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Variraptor, from France. Its fossils come from the Grès à Reptiles Formation. It was named by Le Loeuff and Buffetaut in 1998.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
75 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. Le Loeuff and E. Buffetaut. 1998. A new dromaeosaurid theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France. Oryctos 1:105-112