# Velociraptor (Velociraptor mongoliensis) — DinoLand

> Field Journal — i-encyclopedia ye-dinosaur yamahhala: izinhlobo ezingu-33 ezinezithombe namavidiyo, ikhathalogi, amamephu omhlaba wasendulo (i-Triassic, i-Jurassic, i-Cretaceous, Gondwana), imibuzo, kanye nohlu lwamagama we-paleontology.

### id=3: Velociraptor (Velociraptor mongoliensis)

- URL: https://www.dinoland.ai/species.html?lang=zu&id=3
- Diet: Inyama edla inyama
- Era: I-Cretaceous
- Period: Eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingama-75-71 edlule
- Length: 2 m
- Weight: ≈15–20 кг
- Height: 0,5 m
- Speed: до 40 km/h
- Habitat: Izindunduma ze-Eolian, amaxhaphozi aphakathi kwezindunduma, nemifudlana elukiwe
- Region: I-Mongolia (Gobi Desert)
- Discovered: 1923, uhambo lwe-American Museum of Natural History

Fact: “Umzingeli onezimpaphe—uzipho lwesikela olwalusetshenziselwa ukumisa inyamazane edonsa kanzima.”

Description: I-Velociraptor kwakuyi-dromaeosaurid encane kodwa eyesabekayo, manje eqondwa kusukela ebufakazini obuhlobene obuhlotshaniswayo obunezimpaphe ezibanzi. I-ungual eyandisiwe, ephindiwe ku-pedal digit II ihunyushwa kabanzi njengesakhiwo sokubambelela/sokubambisa esisetshenziswa ngenkathi kunqotshwa inyamazane. Isifanekiso esidumile esithi "Ukulwa Dinosaurs", silondoloza Velociraptor ekhiywe nge-Protoceratops, sinikeza ukuqonda okungajwayelekile kokuziphatha ku-Late Cretaceous aridland predator–predator-dynamics ezizindeni zendunduma yasendulo ye-Gobi.

Features:
  - Izimpaphe zomzimba zibhalwe ngokuvela okuqondile kanye nokubakaka kwe-phylogenetic
  - Uzipho lwesikela lungadlula ~ 6.5 cm eduze kwejika elingaphandle
  - I-braincase ekhuliswe ngokuqhathaniswa ngosayizi womzimba wayo phakathi kwama-non-avian theropods

Related genera: Deinonychus, Utahraptor, Achillobator


## Ingcaphuno

Field Journal — I-Dinosaur Encyclopedia — https://www.dinoland.ai

Web: https://www.dinoland.ai/species.html?lang=zu&id=3
Index: https://www.dinoland.ai/llms-zu.txt