Velociraptor built it, and then they discovered it. That still boggles my mind." Spielberg was particularly pleased with the discovery of the "Utahraptor" because of the boost it gave to the velociraptors in his film. Spielberg's name was briefly considered for naming of the new dinosaur. In reality, "Velociraptor", like many other maniraptoran theropods, was covered in feathers. Velociraptor Velociraptor (; meaning "swift seizer" in Latin) is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 75 to 71 million years ago during the latter part of the Cretaceous Period. Two species are currently recognized, although others have been assigned in
Pacific swift International Union for Conservation of Nature. A 2012 paper showed that "cooki" is closely related to the dark-rumped swift, "A. acuticauda", which should therefore be included in the "pacificus" clade, but made no further taxonomic recommendations. This swift was first described by John Latham in 1801 as "Hirundo pacifica". Scopoli separated the swifts from the swallows as the genus "Apus" in 1777. "Apus", like Apodidae, is derived from the Greek απους, "apous", meaning "without feet", a reference to the small, weak legs of these most aerial of birds, and "pacificus" refers to the Pacific Ocean. At in length, the Pacific