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Variraptor
''Variraptor'' ( ; "Var thief") is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of France.
==Discovery==
Between 1992 and 1995 amateur paleontologists Patrick Méchin and Annie Méchin-Salessy uncovered the remains of a small theropod in the Grès à Reptiles Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian) at La Bastide Neuve, near Fox-Amphoux. The first finds were in 1992 assigned to the dubious theropod genus ''Elopteryx''.〔Le Loeuff, J., Buffetaut, E., Mechin, P., Mechin-Salessy, A., 1992, "The first record of dromaeosaurid dinosaurs (Saurischia, Theropoda) in the Maastrichtian of southern Europe: palaeobiogeographical implications", ''Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France'' 163: 337–343〕 A second article, in 1997, concluded they represented a new species.〔Eric Buffetaut, Jean Le Loeuff, Lionel Cavin, Sylvain Duffaud, Emmanuel Gheerbrant, Yves Laurent, Michel Martin, Jean-Claude Rage, Haiyan Tong & Denis Vasse, 1997, "Les vertébrés continentaux du Crétacé supérieur du Sud de la France: un aperçu sur des découvertes récentes", ''Geobios'' 30 Supplement 1, 1997: 101-108〕 In 1998 this was named by Jean Le Loeuff and Eric Buffetaut as the type species ''Variraptor mechinorum''. The generic name is derived from Latin ''Varus'', referring to the Var River in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence region of southern France, and ''raptor'' meaning "thief". The specific name honours the Méchin couple.〔Le Loeuff, Jean, Buffetaut, Eric (1999) "A new dromaeosaurid theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern France". ''Oryctos'' 1, 105-112〕
The genus is based on three type specimens: a posterior dorsal vertebra (MDE-D168), a sacrum (MDE-D169) with five fused vertebrae, and an ilium (CM-645). The specimens are part of the collection of the Musée des Dinosaures d'Espéraza and the private ''Collection Méchin''.
Additional referred material includes a right humerus (MDE-D158) with a deltopectoral crest more developed than in any other known theropod, suggesting a strong raptorial function for the forearm. Other attributed bones include a femur and various vertebrae.
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