Drag to rotate the Velociraptor, scroll or pinch to zoom, and click a body part - the head, tail, or a leg - to read what fossils tell us about it. The panel beside the model carries the real figures.
A Velociraptor stood only about 0.5 m tall at the hip and stretched roughly 2 m from snout to tail - turn on the human figure to see how much smaller it really was than the movie version.
The colors and skin here are an artistic reconstruction; fossils preserve bone, not soft tissue or color. This model does not render feathers, even though forearm fossils carry quill knobs that point to real feathers - the measurements in the panel are the ones actually published.
Velociraptor 3D Viewer
This page renders a Velociraptor as a 3D model you can spin in the browser - drag to rotate, scroll or pinch to zoom, toggle a 1.8 m person beside it for scale, and click the head, tail, or a leg to read a fact about that part.
Velociraptor mongoliensis lived in the Late Cretaceous, roughly 75 to 71 million years ago, in what is now the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. Most fossils show an animal about 2 m long and only about 0.5 m tall at the hip, weighing somewhere in the 15-20 kg range - closer to a large turkey than to the human-sized predator shown in films. A curved, sickle-shaped claw more than 6.5 cm along its outer edge tipped the second toe on each foot.
The first known fossil - a crushed skull with a claw and finger bones - was found on 11 August 1923 at the Flaming Cliffs in the Gobi Desert; the American Museum of Natural History's Henry Fairfield Osborn named the genus in 1924. In 2007, researchers found quill knobs - small bumps that anchor feather quills - on a Velociraptor forearm bone, real evidence that this dinosaur carried feathers, even though this model does not attempt to render them.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Length | about 2 m (commonly cited range 1.5-2 m) |
| Hip height | about 0.5 m |
| Weight | about 15-20 kg |
| When it lived | 75-71 million years ago (Late Cretaceous) |
| Diet | Carnivore |
Everything runs on your device with WebGL, so the model works without an account and without sending anything to a server. The skin tone and pattern are an artistic reconstruction, because fossils do not preserve color or soft tissue, and this model does not render the feathers the fossil evidence points to; the numbers above are real published values.
Frequently Asked Questions
How big was a real Velociraptor?
About 2 m long and 0.5 m tall at the hip, weighing roughly 15-20 kg - much smaller than the raptors shown in most films. Turn on the human figure in the viewer to see the true scale against a 1.8 m person.
Did Velociraptor really have feathers?
Fossil evidence points to yes - quill knobs found on a forearm bone in 2007 show where feather quills anchored to the bone. This model shows a smooth reconstructed body and does not attempt to render feathers.
Is the model scientifically accurate?
The proportions follow the fossil skeleton, but the skin color and texture are an artistic reconstruction - fossils preserve bone, not soft tissue or color. The length, weight, and age figures shown are real published values.
When and where did Velociraptor live?
In the Late Cretaceous, roughly 75 to 71 million years ago, in what is now the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. The first known fossil was found in 1923 and the genus was named in 1924.
Do I need to install anything to view it?
No. The model renders in your browser with WebGL - no app, no account, and nothing about your visit is sent to a server. The 3D engine loads once and is then cached.