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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> | ||
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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). | ||
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== Stephen Spielberg's ''Jurassic Park'' == | == Stephen Spielberg's ''Jurassic Park'' == | ||
Revision as of 10:32, June 16, 2007
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)[1] The velociraptor is now extinct.
According to biblical young earth creationism beliefs, it was created on the fifth creation day (approximately 6000 B.C.).[2][3] 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.[4] So it logical to assume that Velociraptor survived the flood (4300 B.C).
Stephen Spielberg's Jurassic Park
The Velociraptor played a prominent part in Stephen Spielberg's motion picture Jurassic Park in which it was misrepresented as a much larger creature. It was in fact merely the size of a turkey.[5] The version of the Velociraptor in Jurassic Park more closely resembled a Deinonychus.
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/gen_1-2.shtml
- ↑ http://www.albatrus.org/english/theology/creation/biblical_age_earth.htm
- ↑ http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2001/dinos_on_ark.asp
- ↑ http://www.answers.com/topic/velociraptor