Turner, A.H.; Makovicky, P.J.; Norell, M.A.
taxonomy · morphology · ecology · range
Direct description of regularly spaced ulnar papillae in specimen IGM 100/981; feather attachment is comparative inference and does not establish flight.
Velociraptor specimen IGM 100/981 preserves regularly spaced ulnar papillae interpreted as quill knobs; this supports attached secondary feathers on that forearm, not powered flight, exact plumage extent or every species in the genus.
claim:taxon:velociraptorVelociraptor is displayed at 75–71 Ma only as the Campanian specimen interval for IGM 100/981, not the full range of Velociraptor. The interval is a source-bounded sample window, not a global FAD, LAD, divergence date, continuous occupancy claim or direct-ancestor assertion.
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