Changyuraptor Changyuraptor
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Changyuraptor 1.2 m (3.9 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 1.2 m (3.9 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (125 Mya)
- Place
- Africa · China
- Food
- Carnivore
Changyuraptor is a genus of “four-winged”, predatory dinosaurs. It is known from a single fossil specimen representing the species Changyuraptor yangi, which was discovered from Early Cretaceous (125 million year old) deposits in Liaoning Province, China. C. yangi belongs to the group of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaurs called the Microraptoria.
At the time of its discovery, C. yangi was the largest four-winged dinosaur known and among the largest Mesozoic flying paravians, volant true birds seldom approaching its size.
What we know
- Named by Han et al., 2014.
- Body length estimated at about 1.2 m.
- Fossils found in Africa and China.