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Microraptor

Microraptor

Pronunciation:: MIKE-row-rap-tor
Name meaning:: 'tiny plunderer'

Microraptor

small theropod silhouette

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.

Microraptor milieu

© 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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