I am no scientist (by far lol) but I would have to agree with scrap on this. if it's a velociraptor then it's a velociraptor, no matter how unusual its size is
why should size be _irrelevant_?
im not talking a variation of 10 cms, but a whole metre.
from 2, to 3 metres.
scrap:
how many 3 metre long wolves have humans recorded?"you moron"
AND
i repeat:
the 3,3 metre long one _exists_, its called Deinonychus antirrhopus, look it up. its your 3 metre velociraptor. it has another name. there it is. its identical in almost every single way, except for size.
Velociraptor:
Deinonychus:
the deinonychus skull could have any shape, since very few fragments have ever been found.
scrap, i know you are very proud you know what "genus" is, but dont throw the "MORON" around as if you know a lot about a subject you know
a little about
furthermore, in paleotaxonomy especially, "genus" is _very_ subjective, since there are no actual biological material to use (like genes) to determine what is what, not even for "species", but much less for "genus". it comes down to what we deem diagnostic on the animal to _define_ it as a certain "genus". within the dromaeosaurid family theyre _all_ quite similar, with the only differences being skull-shapes, hip-shapes, and size. the difference between a 2 metre animal, and a 3 metre animal, is quite enough to conclude that theyre most likely different species, and if we feel like it, different genera.