Anchiornis
species of fossil reptile in genus Anchiornis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anchiornis ('near bird') is a genus of small, feathered, troodontid dinosaurs. Anchiornis huxleyi is named in honour of Thomas Henry Huxley, the first to propose a close evolutionary relationship between birds and dinosaurs. A complete individual would be 34 cm (13 in) and weigh only 110 g (3.9 oz), making it the smallest known feathered dinosaur.[1]
| Anchiornis Temporal range: Upper Jurassic | |
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| Genus: | Anchiornis Xu Xing 2009 |
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Anchiornis fossils have been found in Liaoning, China, dating to the first part of the late Jurassic period, 160 to 161 million years ago.[2]