Dromaeosauridae

it may have had ancestors that could in the Dromaeosaurid family. It is believed that the Velociraptor used its feathers to attract possible breeding-partners and mates, as well as keep itself warm. It could also have used the feathers to generate speed when running, especially up steep-inclines. Let’s talk first about the Velociraptor’s classifications and groups that they are a part of. This dinosaur belongs to the Animalia kingdom, the Chordata phylum, and its class is the Archosauria. Its order is is the Saurischia, and belongs to the Dromaeosauridae family. The Velociraptor is in the V. Mongoliensis species. Animalia is the kingdom which comprises all animals. The Velociraptor’s family, the Dromaeosauridae, is a family of Theropod dinosaurs. This family was comprised of small to medium-sized feathered dinosaurs. This family’s fossils have been found across the globe in North America, Asia, Europe, and Antarctica. The term “dromaeosauridae” means “running lizards.” Informally, this family are all typically called “raptors.” The Phylum of the Velociraptor is the Chordata. Chordates are animals possessing a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail for at least some period of their life cycles. All Chordates are deuterostomes as in the embryo development stage the anus forms before the mouth. The Saurischia order is one of two groups of dinosaurs, the other of course, is the Ornithischia. From the Greek, the word…

powerful eyes for which raptors are known. Specking with the volunteers while observing the cleaning I learned more about the reasons raptors came to the hospital. Injuries resulting from collisions with vehicles, powerlines, bullets, and pesticide exposure are all among the top reasons for admissions. Educating the public about ways to reduce the number of injuries to raptors each year and to improve recognition and response time for injured birds. After the tank was clean they fed the insects…

One of the most famous fossils ever found was a velociraptor in the middle of a fight with a protoceratops. The first fossil of the velociraptor that was ever found was in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. It was discovered in 1922. Over the years the velociraptor has been portrayed as being the size of a man, but in reality it was only about the size of a turkey. “A member of the Dromaeosauridae family of small- to medium-sized birdlike dinosaurs, Velociraptor was roughly the size of a small turkey…