Epidexipteryx Temporal range:
Callovian, | |
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Holotype fossil, Paleozoological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | โ Scansoriopterygidae |
Genus: | โ Epidexipteryx Zhang et al., 2008 |
Species: | †E. hui
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Binomial name | |
†Epidexipteryx hui Zhang et al., 2008
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Epidexipteryx is a genus of small maniraptoran dinosaurs, known from one fossil specimen in the collection of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing. Epidexipteryx represents the earliest known example of ornamental feathers in the fossil record.[1]