It is known from a partial skeleton found in a quarry. "Rahonavis" was a small predator, at about long, with the typical "Velociraptor"-like raised sickle claw on the second toe.
ɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY n oʊ n WORD_BOUNDARY f ɹ ʌ m WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY p ɑ ɹ ʃ ə l WORD_BOUNDARY s k ɛ l ɪ t ə n WORD_BOUNDARY f aʊ n d WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY k w ɔ ɹ i WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ æ h ə n æ v ɪ s WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY s m ɔ l WORD_BOUNDARY p ɹ ɛ d ə t ə ɹ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY æ t WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ b aʊ t WORD_BOUNDARY l ɔ ŋ WORD_BOUNDARY w ɪ ð ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY t ɪ p ɪ k ə l WORD_BOUNDARY v ə l ɑ s ə ɹ ɹ æ p t ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY l aɪ k WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ eɪ z d WORD_BOUNDARY s ɪ k ə l WORD_BOUNDARY k l ɔ WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ n ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY s ɛ k ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY t oʊ WORD_BOUNDARY