Utahraptor (5.5 m, ~500 kg) was about 30ร heavier and nearly three times longer than Velociraptor (~15 kg, 2 m).
Utahraptor's sickle claw reached 22 cm; Velociraptor's was proportionally large but on a much smaller animal.
Utahraptor is the real-world closest match to the oversized raptors in Jurassic Park.
Utahraptor lived in the Early Cretaceous of North America; Velociraptor in the Late Cretaceous of Asia.
Both were dromaeosaurids and shared feathered integument, pack-like social behavior, and high agility.
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Utahraptor was about 2.8x longer than Velociraptor.
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Utahraptor weighed roughly 33x more than Velociraptor.
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Both Utahraptor and Velociraptor were carnivores.
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Utahraptor lived during the Cretaceous Early while Velociraptor lived during the Cretaceous Late, separated by roughly 0 million years.
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Velociraptor was discovered 69 years earlier, in 1924.
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Both belong to the Dromaeosauridae clade, making them relatively close relatives.
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