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ManyMolti ofesemplari thedello samestesso generagenere wereerano presentpresenti acrossin thesetutte formationsqueste formazione, thoughma theyvariavano variedal atlivello the species levelspecifico. ForPer exampleesempio, the Djadochta wasfu inhabitedabitata byda ''VelociraptorV. mongoliensis'', ''[[Protoceratops|Protoceratops andrewsi]]'', ande ''[[Pinacosaurus|Pinacosaurus grangeri]]'', while thementre Bayan Mandahu wasfu homeabitata toda ''VelociraptorV. osmolskae'', ''[[Protoceratops hellenikorhinus]]'', ande ''[[Pinacosaurus mephistocephalus]]''. TheseQueste differencesdifferenze in speciesspecie compositionpotrebbero mayessere be duedovute a naturaluna barrierbarriera separatingnaturale theche twoseparava formations,le whichdue are relatively close to each other geographicallyformazioni.<ref name=PGetal2008/> HoweverLa mancanza, givenperò, thed'una lack of any known barrier which would cause the specific faunal compositions found in these areas,barriera itnaturale issignifica moreche likelyforse thatle thosedifferenze differenceserano indicatedovute a slightuna timedifferenza differencetemporale.<ref name="Longrichetal10">{{cite journal |year=2010 |title=A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia |journal=Palaeontology |volume=53 |issue=5 |pages=945–960 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00968.x|author=Nicholas R. Longrich, Philip J. Currie, Dong Zhi-Ming}}</ref>

OtherUlteriori dinosaursdinosauri knowncontemporanei from the same locality asdi ''V. mongoliensis'' includeincludono theil [[troodontidTroodontidae|troodontide]] ''[[Saurornithoides mongoliensis]]'', the l'[[oviraptorid]]e ''[[Oviraptor philoceratops]]'', ande theil dromaeosauriddromaeosauride ''[[Mahakala omnogovae]]''. ''V. osmolskae'' livedviveva alongsideinsieme theal [[ceratopsiaCeratopsidae|ceratopside]]n species ''[[Magnirostris dodsoni]]'', as well as the [[oviraptorid]]l'oviraptoride ''[[Machairasaurus leptonychus]]'' ande theil [[dromaeosaurid]]dromaeosauride ''[[Linheraptor exquisitus]]''.<ref name="Longrichetal10"/>