Serikornis sungei Lefèvre et al. 2017 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: U. Lefèvre, A. Cau, A. Cincotta, D.-Y. Hu, A. Chinsamy, F. Escuillié, and P. Godefroit. 2017. A new Jurassic theropod from China documents a transitional step in the macrostructure of feathers. The Science of Nature 104:74

Belongs to Serikornis according to U. Lefèvre et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PMOL-AB00200, a skeleton (a single complete articulated skeletonwith associated integumentary structures preserved on a slab.The counterpart is missing, but most of the skeleton is pre-s). Its type locality is Daxishan, which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial shale in the Tiaojishan Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Daxishan

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