Named By: | X. Xu & X.inL. Wang in 2004 |
Time Period: | Early Cretaceous, 125 Ma |
Location: | China, Liaoning Province - Yixian Formation, Lujiatun Member |
Size: | Roughly estimated to be about 90 centimetres long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Fragmentary maxilla (main tooth earing bone of the upper jaw) and partial post cranial skeleton |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Theropoda | Saurischia | Theropoda | Dromaeosauroidea | Dromaeosauridae | Microraptoria | |
Graciliraptor (meaning "graceful thief") is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period. It is a microraptorine dromaeosaurid.
The type species Graciliraptor lujiatunensis was first named and described in 2004 by Xu Xing and Wang Xiaoling. The generic name is derived from Latin gracilis and raptor. The specific name refers to the village Lujiatun where the fossil site is located. Its fossil, holotype IVPP V 13474, was found in Beipiao, Liaoning Province, China.