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Variraptor



Variraptor (VAHR-i-RAP-tor - (Latin) Varus for a name of a river + (Latin) raptor meaning "thief") named after the Var River and the Var Department in the Provence region of southern France, to indicate a maniraptoran theropod found in the Gres a Reptiles Formation at La Bastide Neuve, near Fox-Amphoux (Var, France) were discovered by Le Leouff & Buffetaut in 1998. Based on a posterior dorsal vertebra (MDE-D168) and a sacrum (MDE-D169) with 5 fused vertebrae; additional referred material includes a right humerus (MDE-D158) with a delto-pectoral crest more developed than in any other theropod known, suggesting a strong raptorial function for the forearm.



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