Eosinopteryx
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Eosinopteryx 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (160 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Eosinopteryx is an extinct genus of theropod dinosaurs known to the Late Jurassic epoch of China. It contains a single species, Eosinopteryx brevipenna. Some researchers consider it a junior synonym of Anchiornis.
What we know
- Named by Godefroit et al., 2013.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Eosinopteryx — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.