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CHANGYURAPTOR
(chang-yu-rap-tor)
Changyuraptor
Named By: G. Han, L. M. Chiappe, S. Ji, M. Habib, A. H. Turner, A. Chinsamy & L. Han in 2014
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 125 Ma
Location: China, Liaoning Province - Yixian Formation
Size: About 1.2 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Almost complete individual preserved flat on a slab of rock which includes feather impressions
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Dromaeosauridae |
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Changyuraptor is a genus of "four-winged", predatory dinosaurs. It is known from a single fossil specimen representing the species Changyuraptor yangi, which was discovered from Early Cretaceous (125 million year old) deposits in Liaoning Province, China. C. yangi belongs to the group of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaurs called the Microraptoria.

At the time of its discovery, C. yangi was the largest four-winged dinosaur known.

Read more about Changyuraptor at Wikipedia
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