Graciliraptor Graciliraptor
"graceful thief"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Graciliraptor 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (126 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Carnivore
Graciliraptor (meaning “graceful thief”) is a genus of microraptorian dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period. Its fossil, holotype IVPP V 13474, was found in Beipiao, Liaoning Province, China. The type species is Graciliraptor lujiatunensis, named and described in 2004 by Xu Xing and Wang Xiaoling. The generic name is derived from Latin gracilis (meaning “graceful”) and raptor (meaning “thief”). The specific name refers to the village of Lujiatun where the fossil site is located.
What we know
- Named by Xu & Wang, 2004.
- Fossils found in China.