Editing Velociraptor (section)

==Classification==
''Velociraptor'' is a member of the group [[Eudromaeosauria]], a [[Synapomorphy|derived]] sub-group of the larger family Dromaeosauridae. It is often placed within its own subfamily, [[Velociraptorinae]]. In [[phylogenetic taxonomy]], Velociraptorinae is usually defined as "all dromaeosaurs more closely related to ''Velociraptor'' than to ''[[Dromaeosaurus]]''." However, dromaeosaurid classification is highly variable. Originally, the subfamily Velociraptorinae was erected solely to contain ''Velociraptor''.<ref name=barsbold1983/> Other analyses have often included other genera, usually ''Deinonychus'' and ''[[Saurornitholestes]]'',<ref name=currie1995>{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/02724634.1995.10011250 |last=Currie |first=Philip J. |author-link=Phil Currie |year=1995 |title=New information on the anatomy and relationships of ''Dromaeosaurus albertensis'' (Dinosauria: Theropoda) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=576–591 |bibcode=1995JVPal..15..576C |url=http://vertpaleo.org/publications/jvp/15-576-591.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117132451/http://vertpaleo.org/publications/jvp/15-576-591.cfm <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=17 November 2007 }}</ref> and more recently ''Tsaagan''.<ref name=norelletal2006>{{cite journal|last1=Norell|first1=M. A.|last2=Clark|first2=J. M.|last3=Turner|first3=A. H.|last4=Makovicky|first4=P. J.|last5=Barsbold|first5=R.|last6=Rowe|first6=T.|date=2006|title=A New Dromaeosaurid Theropod from Ukhaa Tolgod (Ömnögov, Mongolia)|journal=American Museum Novitates|number=3545|pages=1–51|doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3545[1:ANDTFU]2.0.CO;2|hdl=2246/5823|hdl-access=free|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232678611}}</ref> Several studies published during the 2010s, including expanded versions of the analyses that found support for Velociraptorinae, have failed to resolve it as a distinct group, but rather have suggested it is a paraphyletic grade which gave rise to the [[Dromaeosaurinae]].<ref name=AurornisNature>{{Cite journal | last1 = Godefroit | first1 = Pascal | last2 = Cau| first2 = Andrea | last3 = Hu | first3 = Dong-Yu| last4 = Escuillié | first4 = François| last5 = Wu | first5 = Wenhao| last6 = Dyke | first6 = Gareth| doi = 10.1038/nature12168 | title = A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds | journal = Nature | volume = 498| issue = 7454| pages =359–362| year = 2013 | pmid =  23719374| bibcode = 2013Natur.498..359G | s2cid = 4364892 }}</ref><ref name="DePalma et al.">{{cite journal|last1=DePalma|first1=Robert A.|last2=Burnham|first2=David A.|last3=Martin|first3=Larry D.|last4=Larson|first4=Peter L.|last5=Bakker|first5=Robert T.|title=The First Giant Raptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Hell Creek Formation.|journal=Paleontological Contributions|date=2015|issue=14|url=https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/18764|doi=10.17161/paleo.1808.18764|doi-access=free|hdl=1808/18764|hdl-access=free|archive-date=6 November 2015|access-date=3 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106223159/https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/18764|url-status=live}}</ref>

When first described in 1924, ''Velociraptor'' was placed in the family [[Megalosauridae]], as was the case with most carnivorous dinosaurs at the time (Megalosauridae, like ''[[Megalosaurus]]'', functioned as a sort of 'wastebin' taxon, where many unrelated species were grouped together).<ref name=osborn1924a /> As dinosaur discoveries multiplied, ''Velociraptor'' was later recognized as a dromaeosaurid. All dromaeosaurids have also been referred to the family [[Archaeopterygidae]] by at least one author (which would, in effect, make ''Velociraptor'' a flightless bird).<ref name=paul2002 /> In the past, other dromaeosaurid species, including ''Deinonychus antirrhopus'' and ''Saurornitholestes langstoni'', have sometimes been classified in the genus ''Velociraptor''. Since ''Velociraptor'' was the first to be named, these species were renamed ''Velociraptor antirrhopus'' and ''V. langstoni''.<ref name=paul1988>{{cite book |last1=Paul|first1=G. S.|year=1988|title=Predatory Dinosaurs of the World: A Complete Illustrated Guide|chapter=Birdlike Avetheropods|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/predatorydinosau00paul/page/370|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|page=370|isbn=978-0-671-61946-6}}</ref> {{asof|2008|post=,}} the only currently recognized species of ''Velociraptor'' are ''V. mongoliensis''<ref name=barsboldosmolska1999/><ref name=paul2002>{{cite book |last=Paul |first=Gregory S. |author-link=Gregory S. Paul |year=2002 |title=Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds |location=Baltimore |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=978-0-8018-6763-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/dinosaursofairev0000paul }}</ref><ref name=norellmakovicky2004>{{cite book |last1=Norell |first1=Mark A. |last2=Makovicky |first2=Peter J. |year=2004 |chapter=Dromaeosauridae |editor1-link=David B. Weishampel |editor1-last=Weishampel |editor1-first=David B. |editor2-link=Peter Dodson |editor2-last=Dodson |editor2-first=Peter |editor3-last=Osmólska |editor3-first=Halszka |title=The Dinosauria |edition=Second |location=Berkeley |publisher=University of California Press |pages=196–209 |isbn=978-0-520-24209-8}}</ref> and ''V. osmolskae''.<ref name=PGetal2008/> However, several studies have found "''V.''" ''osmolskae'' to be distantly related to ''V. mongoliensis''.<ref name=Currie2019>{{cite journal|last1=Currie|first1=P. J.|last2=Evans|first2=D. C.|title=Cranial Anatomy of New Specimens of Saurornitholestes langstoni (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) of Alberta|journal=The Anatomical Record|volume=303|issue=4|pages=691–715|year=2019|doi=10.1002/ar.24241|pmid=31497925|s2cid=202002676|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=Jasinski2020>{{cite journal|last1=Jasinski|first1=S. E.|last2=Sullivan|first2=R. M.|last3=Dodson|first3=P.|date=2020|title=New Dromaeosaurid Dinosaur (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from New Mexico and Biodiversity of Dromaeosaurids at the end of the Cretaceous|journal=Scientific Reports|volume=10|issue=1|page=5105|doi=10.1038/s41598-020-61480-7|pmid=32218481|pmc=7099077|bibcode=2020NatSR..10.5105J|issn=2045-2322|doi-access=free}}  [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016050101/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |date=16 October 2017 }}.</ref>
[[File:Dromaeosaurs.png|thumb|300px|Size of ''Velociraptor'' (2) compared with other dromaeosaurs]]
[[File:Velociraptorines.jpg|thumb|right|Comparison of some members of [[Velociraptorinae]], featuring ''Linheraptor'', ''Tsaagan'' and ''Velociraptor'']]
Below are the results for the Eudromaeosauria [[phylogeny]] based on the [[phylogenetics|phylogenetic analysis]] conducted by James G. Napoli and team in 2021 during the description of ''[[Kuru kulla|Kuru]]'', showing the position of ''Velociraptor'':<ref name=Napoli2021>{{cite journal|last1=Napoli|first1=J. G.|last2=Ruebenstahl|first2=A. A.|last3=Bhullar|first3=B.-A. S.|last4=Turner|first4=A. H.|last5=Norell|first5=M. A.|date=2021|title=A New Dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Coelurosauria) from Khulsan, Central Mongolia|url=https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/7286/3982.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|journal=American Museum Novitates|number=3982|pages=1–47|doi=10.1206/3982.1|issn=0003-0082|hdl=2246/7286|s2cid=243849373|hdl-access=free|archive-date=9 November 2021|access-date=28 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109144341/https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/7286/3982.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|url-status=live}}</ref>
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