Microraptor
Microraptor
- Pronunciation:
- MIKE-row-rap-tor
- Name meaning:
- 'tiny plunderer'
- Type of dinosaur:
- small theropod
- Length:
- 0.8m
- Weight:
- 1kg
- Diet:
- carnivorous
- Teeth:
- small, sharp, pointed
- Food:
- other animals, insects
- How it moved:
- on 2 legs
- When it lived:
- Early Cretaceous, 125-122 million years ago
- Found in:
- China
A feathered dinosaur. One species, Microraptor gui had long flight feathers on all 4 limbs. It may have been capable of guided flight.
© Andrey Atuchin
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Tetanurae, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Dromaeosauridae
- Named by:
- Xu, Zhou and Wang (2000)
- Type species:
- zhaoianus
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