| Linheraptor Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Holotype fossil, IVPP V16923 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Dromaeosauridae |
| Clade: | †Eudromaeosauria |
| Subfamily: | †Velociraptorinae |
| Genus: | †Linheraptor Xu et al., 2010 |
| Species: | †L. exquisitus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Linheraptor exquisitus Xu et al., 2010
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Linheraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur which lived in what is now China in the Late Cretaceous. It was named by Xu Xing and colleagues in 2010, and contains the species Linheraptor exquisitus.[1] This bird-like dinosaur was less than 2 m (6.5 ft) long and was found in Inner Mongolia. It is known from a single, nearly complete skeleton.
- ^ Xu Xing; Choinere, J.N.; Pittman, M.; Tan, Q.W.; Xiao, D.; Li, Z.Q.; Tan, L.; Clark, J.M.; Norell, M.A.; Hone, D.W.E.; Sullivan, C. (2010). "A new dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Inner Mongolia, China" (PDF). Zootaxa (2403): 1–9. Retrieved 2010-03-19.