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{{Taxonomy
|name=Velociraptor
|image=Velociraptor.jpg
|caption=
|domain=Eukaryota
|kingdom=Animalia
|subkingdom=Bilataria
|branch=
|superphylum=Deuterostomia
|phylum=Chordata
|subphylum=Vertebrata
|infraphylum=Gnathostomata
|microphylum=
|superdivision=
|division=
|subdivision=
|superclass=Tetrapoda
|class=Reptilia
|subclass=Diapsida
|infraclass=Archosauromorpha
|superorder=Dinosauria
|order=Saurischia
|suborder=Theropoda
|infraorder=Deinonychosauria
|superfamily=
|family=Dromaeosauridae
|subfamily=
|supertribe=
|tribe=
|subtribe=
|genera=
|genus=Velociraptor
|subgenus=
|species=V. mongoliensis
|binomialname=
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|pop=
|conservation=Extinct
}}
'''Velociraptor''' ("fast hunter") is the name for a small, fast-running, carnivorous [[dinosaur]].
'''Velociraptor''' ("fast hunter") 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>
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>