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SIMILICAUDIPTERYX
(sim-il-e-caw-dip-teh-rix)
meaning: "Similar Caudipteryx"
Similicaudipteryx
Named By: He Tao, Wang Xiaolin & Zhou Zonghe in 2008
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 124-120 Ma
Location: China, Liaoning Province - Jiufotang Formation & Yixian Formation
Size: Detail unavailable
Diet: Uncertain
Fossil(s): Three individuals including juvenile and adult forms
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Avemetatarsalia | Caudipteridae |
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Similicaudipteryx, meaning "similar to Caudipteryx" (which itself means "tail feather"), is a genus of theropod dinosaur of the family Caudipteridae.

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