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. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.
Represented range75–71 Ma
Content packagedinosauria
PBDBtxn:38564
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morphology · high
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:velociraptorfossil-range · medium
Velociraptor 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.