Scansoriopteryx
Field photograph to come
Scansoriopteryx
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- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Scansoriopterygidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Czerkas and Yuan 2002
Field notes
About Scansoriopteryx
Scansoriopteryx was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Scansoriopterygidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Scansoriopteryx, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Czerkas and Yuan in 2002.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Scansoriopterygidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. A. Czerkas and C. Yuan. 2002. An arboreal maniraptoran from northeastern China. Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origin of Flight. The Dinosaur Museum Journal 1. The Dinosaur Museum, Blanding, UT