Variraptor (pronounce /ˈværɨræptɚ/ VARR-i-rap-tor; (Latin) Varus for a name of a river + (Latin) raptor meaning "thief") is a genus of theropod dinosaur named after the Var River and the Var Department in the Provence region of southern France, It was a maniraptoran theropod found in the Grès à Reptiles Formation at La Bastide Neuve, near Fox-Amphoux (Var, France) and described by Le Leouff and Buffetaut in 1998. The material was previously assigned to the dubious theropod genus Elopteryx.