Re: Raptors

[Jonathon Woolf <jwoolf@erinet.com>]

James Close wrote:

> Velociraptor lived in Mongolia..... it was 6 feet long. a lot smaller
> than the "raptor" that was depicted in the movie.
> The dinosaur that I feel was shown in the movie, was robbed of its true
> name, and called velociraptor was Deinonocus (sp?). Deinonocus was
> Velociraptor's larger, North American Cousin.

At the time JP the book was written, there was an idea floating about that
_Velociraptor mongoliensis_ and _Deinonychus antirrhopus_ belonged in the
same genus, which by the rules of priority would be called _Velociraptor_.

-- Jon W.