Sinocalliopteryx
Field photograph to come
Sinocalliopteryx
DV-0646
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- about 2.4 m (8 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Compsognathidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Ji et al. 2007
Field notes
About Sinocalliopteryx
Sinocalliopteryx was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Compsognathidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Sinocalliopteryx, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Ji et al. in 2007.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
To scale
How big was Sinocalliopteryx?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Compsognathidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. Ji, Q. Ji, and J. Lü, C. Yuan. 2007. A new giant compsognathid dinosaur with long filamentous integuments from Lower Cretaceous of northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(1):8-15