Microraptor

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Subclassis: Diapsida • Divisio: Archosauria • Superordo: Dinosauria • Ordo: Saurischia • Subordo: Theropoda • Familia: †Dromaeosauridae • Genus: †Microraptor Xu et al., 2000

English: Microraptor ("Small thief"), a small Dromaeosaurid dinosaur from China, believed to have lived in the Early Cretaceous period, about 120 Mya. Microraptor was the smallest dinosaur and it glided tree to tree. It has been well known for its possessing of 2 pairs of wings, e.g. a "Tetrapteryx".

Greek, μικρός, mīkros: "small"; Latin, raptor: "one who seizes"

Fossils

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  Fossil cast.
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  Holotype fossil slab.
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  Fossil under UV light.
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  Fossil at Hong Kong Science Museum.

Restorations

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  Restoration of a flying M. gui
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  Restoration of M. zhaoianus
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  A pair of M. gui on the forest floor of Liaoning in spring.
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