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Protarchaeopteryx robusta Ji & Ji, 1997

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Aves - birds »  order Archaeopterygiformes »  family Archaeopterygidae »  genus Protarchaeopteryx

Temporal range:Cretaceous > Lower Cretaceous
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Description

A turkey-sized feathered dinosaur from China. Well-developed, vaned feathers extended from the short, stubby tail; the hands were long and slender, and had three-fingered clawed hands. It was probably an herbivore or omnivore, but its hands are very similar to small carnivorous dinosaurs.

Ecology

Flightless insectivore

Distribution

Early Cretaceous China
Author: Bill Darwin

Links and literature

EN Paleobiology Database [66068]

Paleobiology Database [https://paleobiodb.org/] [as Protarchaeopteryx robusta Ji & Ji, 1997]
Data retrieved on: 11 December 2015

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Explanations

extinct taxon