Epidendrosaurus Zhang et al. 2002 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: F. Zhang, Z. Zhou, X. Xu and X. Wang. 2002. A juvenile coelurosaurian theropod from China indicates arboreal habits. Naturwissenschaften 89(9):394-398

Parent taxon: Paraves according to J. K. O'Connor and C. Sullivan 2014

See also Godefroit et al. 2013, Padian 2004, Zhang et al. 2002, Zhang et al. 2008 and Zhou and Wang 2017

Sister taxa: Aves, Caihong, Deinonychosauria, Eosinopteryx, Epidexipteryx, Eumaniraptora, Overoraptor, Paronychodon, Pedopenna, Pneumatoraptor, Serikornis, Zhongornis

Subtaxa: Epidendrosaurus ningchengensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (IVPP collection) (Jurassic of China)

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