n'oge American Museum of Natural History expedition to the Outer Mongolian Gobi Desert, on 11 August 1923 Peter Kaisen natara nke mbụ Velociraptor fosil mara sayensị: a gbajiri ma zuru ezu okpokoro isi, jikọtara ya na otu n'ime raptorial nke abụọ mkpịsị ụkwụ claws (AMNH 6515). N'afọ 1924, onye isi ụlọ ihe ngosi nka bụ Henry Fairfield Osborn họpụtara okpokoro isi na mkpịsị ụkwụ (nke o chere na ọ sitere n'aka) dị ka ụdị ụdị nke ụdị ọhụrụ ya, Velociraptor. Aha a sitere na okwu Latin velox ('nwunye') na raptor ('onye ohi' ma ọ bụ 'onye na-apụnara mmadụ') ma na-ezo aka na anụmanụ ahụ na-eri anụ na anụ ọhịa. Osborn kpọrọ ụdị V. mongoli dị ka aha obodo ya.
Afọ 1924