The Velociraptors in "Jurassic Park" are roughly human-sized.
Unfortunately, from the very beginning, this franchise has misrepresented poor Velociraptor.
Velociraptor is one of the few dinosaurs that's appeared in all five "Jurassic Park" movies, and it played a major role in the Michael Crichton novels they're based on. These and (many) other traits flag Velociraptor as a dromaeosaur.Ī theropod group that lasted from about 167 to 66 million years ago, the dromaeosaurs are kind of famous thanks to Hollywood. Also, there was a series of bony rods running down the creature's tail vertebrae. Velociraptor had a big old sickle claw on the second toe of each foot. And if that doesn't give you an incentive to grab some binoculars and go birding sometime, nothing will. Because you see, birds are theropods, too. Unlike the rest of the dinosaurs, the theropoda lineage didn't completely die out. While these aforementioned beasts were all meat-eaters, a few theropods - such as the pot-bellied Therizinosaurus - fed on plants. Other iconic theropods include carnivores like Spinosaurus, Giganotosaurus and Archaeopteryx.
You can already name at least one species: the late, great Tyrannosaurus rex. Birdwatchers might as well be called "theropod-watchers." Dinosaurs are split into five major subgroups, with the most successful being the theropoda, or the "theropods."
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