Species
Valid Extinct

Variraptor mechinorum

Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1998

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Dromaeosauridae Family
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Variraptor Genus
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Variraptor mechinorum Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇫🇷 France
3
Geological formations
Grès à Reptiles
1
Marnes Rouges Inférieures
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
J. Le Loeuff and E. Buffetaut. 1998. A new dromaeosaurid theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France. Oryctos 1:105-112
Bibliography (2)
Y. Laurent, J. Le Loeuff, and M. Bilotte, E. Buffetaut, G. S. Odin. 2001. Campanian-Maastrichtian continental-marine connection at the Aquitaine-Pyrenees-Provence area (S France). The Campanian-Maastrichtian Boundary. Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:657-674 DOI ↗
J. Le Loeuff and E. Buffetaut. 1998. A new dromaeosaurid theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France. Oryctos 1:105-112