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| | '''Velociraptor''' is the name for a small, fast-running, carnivorous [[dinosaur]]. | | '''Velociraptor''' is the name for a small, fast-running, carnivorous [[dinosaur]]. |
| | + | Velociraptor was small for a dromaeosaurid, with adults measuring up to 1.8 meters (5.9 ft) long, 0.62 meters (2 ft) high at the hip, and weighing 20 kilograms (45 lb)<ref>Norell, M.A. & Makovicky, P.J. 1999. Important features of the dromaeosaurid skeleton II: information from newly collected specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis. American Museum Novitates 3282</ref> |
| | + | The velociraptor is now extinct. |
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| | According to biblical [[young earth creationism]] beliefs, it was created on the fifth creation day (approximately 6000 B.C.).<ref>http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/gen_1-2.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.albatrus.org/english/theology/creation/biblical_age_earth.htm</ref> | | According to biblical [[young earth creationism]] beliefs, it was created on the fifth creation day (approximately 6000 B.C.).<ref>http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/gen_1-2.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.albatrus.org/english/theology/creation/biblical_age_earth.htm</ref> |
| − | Velociraptor was small for a dromaeosaurid, with adults measuring up to 1.8 meters (5.9 ft) long, 0.62 meters (2 ft) high at the hip, and weighing 20 kilograms (45 lb)<ref>Norell, M.A. & Makovicky, P.J. 1999. Important features of the dromaeosaurid skeleton II: information from newly collected specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis. American Museum Novitates 3282</ref>
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| | The Bible says that two of every sort of land vertebrate (seven of the “clean” animals) were brought by God to the Ark. | | The Bible says that two of every sort of land vertebrate (seven of the “clean” animals) were brought by God to the Ark. |
| | Therefore it is speculated that Velociraptor (land vertebrates) were represented on the Ark.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2001/dinos_on_ark.asp</ref> | | Therefore it is speculated that Velociraptor (land vertebrates) were represented on the Ark.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2001/dinos_on_ark.asp</ref> |
| | So it logical to assume that Velociraptor survived the flood (4300 B.C). | | So it logical to assume that Velociraptor survived the flood (4300 B.C). |
| − | The velociraptor is now extinct.
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| | == Stephen Spielberg's ''Jurassic Park'' == | | == Stephen Spielberg's ''Jurassic Park'' == |