Epidendrosaurus
Field photograph to come
Epidendrosaurus
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- Lived
- 165 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Scansoriopterygidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Zhang et al. 2002
Field notes
About Epidendrosaurus
Epidendrosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 165 to 162 million years ago. It belongs to the family Scansoriopterygidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Epidendrosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Tiaojishan Formation. It was named by Zhang et al. in 2002.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Scansoriopterygidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. Zhang, Z. Zhou, and X. Xu, X. Wang. 2002. A juvenile coelurosaurian theropod from China indicates arboreal habits. Naturwissenschaften 89(9):394-398