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Troodontidae

Xiaotingia zhengi

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Xiaotingia 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Xiaotingia
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Middle Jurassic (165–153 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Troodontidae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Small, brainy, feathered theropods.

Xiaotingia is a genus of paravian theropod dinosaur, possibly an anchiornithid, from Middle Jurassic or early Late Jurassic deposits of western Liaoning, China. It contains a single species, Xiaotingia zhengi.

What we know

  • Named by Xu et al., 2011.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Xiaotingia — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.