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'''Velociraptor''' is the name for a small, fast-running, carnivore, bird-like [[dinosaur]]. According to Christian beliefs, it was created on the fifth creation day (approximately 6000 B.C.) | '''Velociraptor''' is the name for a small, fast-running, carnivore, bird-like [[dinosaur]]. According to Christian beliefs, it was created on the fifth creation day (approximately 6000 B.C.) | ||
| − | .[1][2] Velociraptor may have been known in the bible as Behemoth which is literally translated to "Giant Kingly Beast".[3] Velociraptor was small for a dromaeosaurid, with adults measuring up to 1.8 meters (5.9 ft) long, 0.62 meters (2 ft) high at the hip, and weighing 20 kilograms (45 lb)[4] The Bible says that two of every sort of land vertebrate (seven of the “clean” animals) were brought by God to the Ark. Therefore | + | .[1][2] Velociraptor may have been known in the bible as Behemoth which is literally translated to "Giant Kingly Beast".[3] Velociraptor was small for a dromaeosaurid, with adults measuring up to 1.8 meters (5.9 ft) long, 0.62 meters (2 ft) high at the hip, and weighing 20 kilograms (45 lb)[4] The Bible says that two of every sort of land vertebrate (seven of the “clean” animals) were brought by God to the Ark. Therefore it is speculated that Velociraptor (land vertebrates) were represented on the Ark.[5] So it logical to assume that Velociraptor survived the flood (4300 B.C). The velociraptor is now extinct. |
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Velociraptor is the name for a small, fast-running, carnivore, bird-like dinosaur. According to Christian beliefs, it was created on the fifth creation day (approximately 6000 B.C.) .[1][2] Velociraptor may have been known in the bible as Behemoth which is literally translated to "Giant Kingly Beast".[3] Velociraptor was small for a dromaeosaurid, with adults measuring up to 1.8 meters (5.9 ft) long, 0.62 meters (2 ft) high at the hip, and weighing 20 kilograms (45 lb)[4] The Bible says that two of every sort of land vertebrate (seven of the “clean” animals) were brought by God to the Ark. Therefore it is speculated that Velociraptor (land vertebrates) were represented on the Ark.[5] So it logical to assume that Velociraptor survived the flood (4300 B.C). The velociraptor is now extinct.
Sources:
[1]http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/gen_1-2.shtml
[2]http://www.albatrus.org/english/theology/creation/biblical_age_earth.htm
[3]http://www.angelfire.com/mi/dinosaurs/behemoth.html
[4]Norell, M.A. & Makovicky, P.J. 1999. Important features of the dromaeosaurid skeleton II: information from newly collected specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis. American Museum Novitates 3282
[5]http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2001/dinos_on_ark.asp