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Sinornithosaurus
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- Pronounced
- sine-or-nith-oh-sore-us
- Meaning of name
- Chinese bird lizard
- Length
- 2m
- Diet
- carnivorous
- When it lived
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Early Cretaceous
(122 - 120 million years ago) - Found in
- Peoples Republic of China
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Dromaeosauridae, Sinornithosaurus
- Named by
- Xu, Wang and Wu (1999)
- Type species
- millenii