Sinornithosaurus Xu et al. 1999 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: X. Xu, X.-L. Wang, and X.-C. Wu. 1999. A dromaeosaurid dinosaur with a filamentous integument from the Yixian Formation of China. Nature 401:262-266

Parent taxon: Microraptorinae according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2020

See also Amiot et al. 2010, Burnham et al. 2004, Currie 2003, Gianechini et al. 2011, Gianechini et al. 2017, Godefroit et al. 2008, Gong et al. 2012, Ji and Ji 2007, Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca 2009, Longrich and Currie 2009, Norell et al. 2001, Norell and Hwang 2004, Norell and Makovicky 2004, Pei et al. 2014, Prieto-Marquez et al. 2012, Rauhut 2003, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Senter et al. 2004, Turner et al. 2007, Xing et al. 2009, Xu et al. 1999, Xu and Wang 2004 and Xu and Wu 2001

Sister taxa: Changyuraptor, Dromaeosauriformipes, Graciliraptor, Hesperonychus, Microraptor, Shanag, Zhongjianosaurus

Subtaxa: Sinornithosaurus millenii

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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