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
Changyuraptor remains of the integument in the form of pennaceous feathers. In 2014, the specimen was described as the new genus and species "Changyuraptor yangi". The generic name of the dinosaur combines the Chinese words for "long feather", 長羽 ("cháng yǔ"), with Latin "raptor" ("robber", "seizer"). The specific name honours researcher Professor Yang Yandong. The Jehol Biota are found in the richest fossil beds for feathered dinosaurs in the world which have yielded notable species such as "Yutyrannus huali", a feathered tyrannosauroid with a length of and the largest feathered dinosaur known to date. In 2003 "Microraptor", a raven-sized dinosaur, approximately