Full reference: Q. Ji and S. Ji. 1996. [On discovery of the earliest bird fossil in China and the origin of birds]. Chinese Geology 10(233):30-33
Parent taxon: Coelurosauria according to O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2010
See also Currie 2003, Currie and Chen 2001, Dececchi et al. 2012, Gishlick and Gauthier 2007, Holtz 1998, Holtz et al. 2004, Hu et al. 2016, Hwang et al. 2004, Ji and Ji 1996, Ji and Ji 1997, Martínez and Novas 2006, Peyer 2004, Peyer 2006, Rauhut 2003, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Senter 2004, Senter et al. 2004 and Xing et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Alvarezsauria, Aratasaurus, Bicentenaria, Brasileosaurus, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Calamospondylus, Coeluridae, Coelurus, Compsognathidae, Cridotrisauropus, Deferrariischnium, Juravenator, Kainomoyenisauropus, Kol, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Megalosaurus lonzeensis, Megaraptora, Nedcolbertia, Neotripodiscus, Ngexisaurus, Ornithomimipodidae, Plesiothornipus, Qomoqomosauropus, Satapliasaurus, Shanbeipus, Tanycolagreus, Taupezia, Trisauropodiscus, Tyrannosauroidea, Xinjiangovenator, Xiuningpus, Zuolong
Subtaxa: Sinosauropteryx prima
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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