Kulindapteryx
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Kulindapteryx
DV-0894 · type species Kulindapteryx ukureica
- Lived
- 168 to 165 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Jeholosauridae
- Found in
- Russia
- Named by
- Alifanov and Saveliev 2014
Field notes
About Kulindapteryx
Kulindapteryx was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 165 million years ago. It belongs to the family Jeholosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Kulindapteryx, from Russia. Its fossils come from the Ukureyskaya Formation. It was named by Alifanov and Saveliev in 2014.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: V. R. Alifanov and S. V. Saveliev. 2014. Two new ornithischian dinosaurs (Hypsilophodontia, Ornithopoda) from the Late Jurassic of Russia. Paleontological Journal 48(4):414-425