Microraptor (0.8 m, ~1 kg) was one of the smallest known dinosaurs; Velociraptor (2 m, ~15 kg) was much larger.
Microraptor had four wings โ feathered arms and legs โ and could glide between trees; Velociraptor was ground-dwelling.
Microraptor's plumage was iridescent black like a crow; Velociraptor's coloring is unknown but it was fully feathered.
Both were dromaeosaurids from Asia but lived in different regions: Microraptor in China, Velociraptor in Mongolia.
Microraptor is among the most bird-like non-avian dinosaurs; Velociraptor is more traditionally raptor-like.
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Velociraptor was about 2.5x longer than Microraptor.
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Velociraptor weighed roughly 15x more than Microraptor.
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Both Microraptor and Velociraptor were carnivores.
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Microraptor 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 79 years earlier, in 1924.
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Both belong to the Dromaeosauridae clade, making them relatively close relatives.
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