Sinornithosaurus

Pronunciation:
sine-or-nith-oh-sore-us
Name meaning:
'Chinese bird lizard'
Type of dinosaur:
small theropod
Length:
2.0m
Diet:
carnivorous
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 122-120 million years ago
Found in:
China

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae
Named by:
Xu, Wang and Wu (1999)
Type species:
millenii

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