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  2. Velociraptor - Wikipedia

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    Velociraptor (/ v ə ˌ l ɒ s ɪ ˈ r æ p t ər, v ə ˈ l ɒ s ɪ r æ p t ər /; [1] lit. ' swift thief ') is a genus of small dromaeosaurid dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 75 million to 71 million years ago. Two species are currently recognized, although others have been assigned in the past.

  3. Velociraptors in Jurassic Park - Wikipedia

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    A size comparison diagram between a real-life Velociraptor (green) and a Velociraptor from Jurassic Park (orange) alongside a human (blue) Real Velociraptors measured approximately 2 feet (0.61 m) in height and 6 feet (1.8 m) in length. [9] The franchise, however, depicts the animal as being larger than its real-life counterpart.

  4. Melanism - Wikipedia

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    Melanistic black eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) Melanistic guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) are rare, and are used in rituals by Andean curanderos. [1]Melanism is the congenital excess of melanin in an organism resulting in dark pigment.

  5. Dromaeosauridae - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. Family of theropod dinosaurs Dromaeosaurids Temporal range: Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N A collection of dromaeosaurid fossil skeletons. Clockwise from upper left: Deinonychus antirrhopus (a heavily built eudromaeosaur), Buitreraptor gonzalezorum (a long-snouted unenlagiine ...

  6. Fighting Dinosaurs - Wikipedia

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    Lastly, he restored the course of the fight with the Protoceratops powerslamming the Velociraptor, which used its raptorial sickle claws to damage the throat and belly regions and its hand claws to grasp the herbivore's head. Prior to their burial, the fight ended up on the ground with the Velociraptor lying on its back under the Protoceratops.

  7. Apamea epomidion - Wikipedia

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    Apamea epomidion, the clouded brindle, is a moth of the family Noctuidae, sub-family Hadeninae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found throughout continental Europe, the British Isles , Sweden and Central Asia .

  8. Eudromaeosauria - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 January 2025. Extinct clade of dinosaurs Eudromaeosaurs Temporal range: Early Cretaceous – Late Cretaceous, 143–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible Kimmeridgian record Eudromaeosauria diversity, featuring from top left to lower right: Utahraptor, Deinonychus, Velociraptor and Bambiraptor ...

  9. Apamea scolopacina - Wikipedia

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    Apamea scolopacina, the slender brindle, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1788.