Sinocalliopteryx
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Sinocalliopteryx (meaning 'Chinese beautiful feather') is a genus of carnivorous compsognathid theropod dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China (Jianshangou Beds, dating to 124.6 Ma).
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Sinocalliopteryx | |
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Holotype specimen JMP-V-05-8-01 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Compsognathidae |
Genus: | †Sinocalliopteryx Ji et al., 2007 |
Species: | †S. gigas |
Binomial name | |
†Sinocalliopteryx gigas Ji et al., 2007 | |
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While similar to the related Huaxiagnathus, Sinocalliopteryx were larger. The type specimen, at 2.37 meters (7.78 ft) in length, in 2007 was the largest known compsognathid exemplar. In 2012 an even larger specimen was reported.