Dinosaurs · Small theropod

Velociraptor

Say it vel-OSS-ee-rap-tor. The name means ‘quick plunderer’.

Velociraptor beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of small theropods
Length
1.8 m
Weight
7 kg
Diet
Meat-eaterother animals
Walked
On 2 legs
When
Late Cretaceous74 to 70 million years ago
Fossils found in
Mongolia
Named by
Osborn (1924)
Family tree
Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Dromaeosauridae
TriassicJurassicCretaceousVelociraptor252 Ma66 Ma
Where Velociraptor sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Small theropods. Small two-legged dinosaurs, many feathered, the group that includes birds. See all 60

Lived at the same time

Other small theropods

Source: Velociraptor in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.