Velociraptorinae

Velociraptorines; Temporal range: ; Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous, Likely Kimmeridgian record
	Skull of Velociraptor mongoliensis (specimen MPC-D 100/54)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Family:	†Dromaeosauridae
Clade:	†Eudromaeosauria
Subfamily:	†Velociraptorinae; Barsbold, 1983
Type species
	†Velociraptor mongoliensis; Osborn, 1924
Genera
	†Acheroraptor?; †Adasaurus; †Boreonykus?; †Dineobellator?; †Kansaignathus; †Kuru; †Luanchuanraptor; †Linheraptor?; †Nuthetes?; †Deinonychus?; †Shri; †Tsaagan; †Velociraptor;

Velociraptorinae is a subfamily of the theropod group Dromaeosauridae. The earliest velociraptorines are probably Nuthetes from the United Kingdom, and possibly Deinonychus from North America. However, several indeterminate velociraptorines have also been discovered, dating to the Kimmeridgian stage, in the Late Jurassic Period. These fossils were discovered in the Langenberg quarry, Oker near Goslar, Germany.

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