Eosinopteryx
Field photograph to come
Eosinopteryx
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- Lived
- 168 to 152 million years ago, Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Godefroit et al. 2013
Field notes
About Eosinopteryx
Eosinopteryx was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, 168 to 152 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Eosinopteryx, from China. Its fossils come from the Tiaojishan Formation. It was named by Godefroit et al. in 2013.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
160 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Paraves.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. Godefroit, H. Demuynck, and G. Dyke, D. Hu, F. Escuillié, P. Claeys. 2013. Reduced plumage and flight ability of a new Jurassic paravian theropod from China. Nature Communications 4(1394):1-6