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Sinosauropteryx
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Sinosauropteryx had feathery wing-like structures, but could not fly.
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- Pronounced
- sine-oh-sore-op-ter-iks
- Meaning of name
- Chinese lizard wing
- Length
- 1m
- 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, Compsognathidae, Sinosauropteryx
- Named by
- Ji and Ji (1996)
- Type species
- prima