Changyuraptor Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Life restoration of C. yangi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Dromaeosauridae |
Clade: | †Microraptoria |
Genus: | †Changyuraptor Han et al., 2014 |
Type species | |
†Changyuraptor yangi Han et al., 2014
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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.[1] C. yangi belongs to the group of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaurs called the Microraptoria.[1]
At the time of its discovery, C. yangi was the largest four-winged dinosaur known[1][2] and among the largest Mesozoic flying paravians, volant true birds seldom approaching its size.[3]