Zhenyuanlong suni Lü and Brusatte 2015 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: J.-C. Lü and S. L. Brusatte. 2015. A large, short-armed, winged dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China and its implications for feather evolution. Scientific Reports 5:11775

Belongs to Zhenyuanlong according to J.-C. Lü and S. L. Brusatte 2015

See also Averianov and Lopatin 2021 and Xing et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: JPM-0008, a skeleton (A nearly complete skeleton with skull and lower jaws preserved). Its type locality is Xiaosanjiazi Village, Lamadong, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Xiaosanjiazi Village, Lamadong

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