Microraptor
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Microraptor is a genus of small, four-winged dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. Numerous well-preserved fossil specimens have been recovered from Liaoning, China. They date from the early Cretaceous Jiufotang F
The "Archaeoraptor" fossil; the tail belongs to Microraptor
Skeletal restorations of various specimens
Specimen at the Beijing Museum of Natural History
Fossil specimen
Dromaeosauridae
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Dromaeosauridae is a family of feathered coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs. They were generally small to medium-sized feathered carnivores that flourished in the Cretaceous period. The name Dromaeosau
Microraptor
…Microraptor (Greek, μικρός, mīkros: "small"; Latin, raptor: "one who seizes") is a genus of small, four-winged dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. Numerous well-preserved fossil specimens have been recovered from Liaoning, China. They date from the early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation…
Dromaeosauridae Diversity
Preserved feather traces in a fossil Zhenyuanlong suni
Fossil cast of an extensively feathered Sinornithosaurus specimen
The Thermopolis specimen of Archaeopteryx, which showed that it also had a hyperextendible second toe