Epidexipteryx
Field photograph to come
Epidexipteryx
DV-0660 · type species Epidexipteryx hui
- Lived
- 165 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Zhang et al. 2008
Field notes
About Epidexipteryx
Epidexipteryx was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 165 to 162 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Epidexipteryx, from China. Its fossils come from the Tiaojishan Formation. It was named by Zhang et al. in 2008.
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 Paraves.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. Zhang, Z. Zhou, and X. Xu, X. Wang, C. Sullivan. 2008. A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers. Nature 455:1105-1108