Graciliraptor

Field photograph to come

DV-0541Yixian Fm., China

Graciliraptor

DV-0541

Lived
126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
Found in
China
Named by
Xu and Wang 2004

Field notes

About Graciliraptor

Graciliraptor was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Graciliraptor, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Xu and Wang in 2004.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Dromaeosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Xu and X.-L. Wang. 2004. A new dromaeosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 42(2):111-119