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XIAOTINGIA
(zhow-tin-gee-ah)
meaning: "In honour of Zheng Xiaoting when combined with type species name"
Xiaotingia
Named By: Xu et al in 2011
Time Period: Late Jurassic, 160 Ma
Location: China, Liaoning Province - Tiaojishan Formation
Size: Approximately 60 centimetres long
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): Almost complete skeleton that is still arituclated
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Paraves | Deinonychosauria | Archaeopterygidae |
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Xiaotingia is a genus of paravian theropod dinosaur from early Late Jurassic deposits of western Liaoning, China, containing a single species, Xiaotingia zhengi.

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