Editing Velociraptor (section)

===Bayan Mandahu Formation===
[[File:Linheraptor exquisitus.jpg|thumb|Restoration of related ''Linheraptor'' in paleoenvironment]] 
In both [[Bayan Mandahu Formation|Bayan Mandahu]] and Djadochta formations many of the same genera were present, though they varied at the species level. These differences in species composition may be due a natural barrier separating the two formations, which are relatively close to each other geographically.<ref name=PGetal2008 /> However, given the lack of any known barrier which would cause the specific faunal compositions found in these areas, it is more likely that those differences indicate a slight time difference.<ref name="Longrichetal10"/>

''V. osmolskae'' lived alongside the ankylosaurid ''[[Pinacosaurus mephistocephalus]]''; alvarezsaurid ''[[Linhenykus]]''; closely related dromaeosaurid ''[[Linheraptor]]''; oviraptorids ''[[Machairasaurus]]'' and ''[[Wulatelong]]''; protoceratopsids ''[[Bagaceratops]]'' and ''[[Protoceratops hellenikorhinus]]''; and troodontids ''[[Linhevenator]]'', ''[[Papiliovenator]]'', and ''[[Philovenator]]''.<ref name="Longrichetal10">{{cite journal|author1=Nicholas R. Longrich |author2=Philip J. Currie |author3=Dong Zhi-Ming |year=2010 |title=A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia |journal=Palaeontology |volume=53 |issue=5 |pages=945–960 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00968.x|bibcode=2010Palgy..53..945L |doi-access=free }}</ref> Sediments across the formation indicate a similar depositional environment to that of the Djadochta Formation.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Eberth|first1=D. A.|date=1993|title=Depositional environments and facies transitions of dinosaur-bearing Upper Cretaceous redbeds at Bayan Mandahu (Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China)|journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences|volume=30|number=10|pages=2196–2213|doi=10.1139/e93-191|bibcode=1993CaJES..30.2196E }}</ref>