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Old 09-May-2008, 06:51 PM
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But there was a disclaimer on the DVD version saying that the Velociraptors depicted were very much larger than any actual fossils found. This was around the time that UtahRaptor had been discovered, which was quite a bit larger than velociraptor but smaller than Deinonychus (Which is one of my favorites).
Utahraptor was a giant for a dromaeosaurid, about twice the size of Deinonychus. Velociraptor itself was actually really small, 2 m in length (including the long tail) and half a meter high. It weighted only about 15 kg.
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