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Microraptor (Gr****, μικρός, mīkros: "small"; Latin, raptor: "one who seizes") is a
genus of small, four-winged
dromaeosaurid dinosaurs.
Numerous well-preserved...
- used as a
stabilizer or
counterweight while running or in the air; in
Microraptor, an
elongate diamond-shaped fan of
feathers is
preserved on the end of...
- 2002
study found that the tail
belongs to a
small winged dromaeosaur,
Microraptor,
named in 2000. The legs and feet
belong to an as-yet-unknown-animal...
- times, due to its
close relation to
flying or
gliding dromaeosaurs like
Microraptor.
Chatterjee and
Templin 2004
found S.
millenii as
grouping within dinosaurs...
- legs and feet,
showing that it was a four-winged
dinosaur similar to
Microraptor.
While only a few
specimens have been
described in detail, many more...
- marine, and
there is
evidence that some non-avian
dinosaurs (such as
Microraptor)
could fly or at
least glide, and others, such as spinosaurids, had semiaquatic...
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Pyroraptor was also
covered in feathers, as many of its relatives, like
Microraptor and Sinornithosaurus, also had plumage.
Although Pyroraptor olympius...
- ground. Most
microraptorians were
relatively small;
adult specimens of
Microraptor range between 77–90
centimetres long (2.53–2.95 ft) and
weigh up to 1 kg...
- The
overall feather architecture of the
wings is
similar to that of
Microraptor, Changyuraptor, Anchiornis, Eosinopteryx, and
basal avialans like Archaeopteryx...
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feathers in Velociraptor,
including dromaeosaurids such as Daurlong,
Microraptor, or Zhenyuanlong. The
skull of
Velociraptor was
rather elongated and...