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Anchiornis is a
genus of small, four-winged
paravian dinosaurs, with only one
known species, the type
species Anchiornis huxleyi,
named for its similarity...
- and were
those theropods most
closely related to birds. For example,
Anchiornis huxleyi is
currently the
smallest non-avialan
dinosaur described from...
- feathers. In 2010,
paleontologists studied a well-preserved
skeleton of
Anchiornis, an
averaptoran from the
Tiaojishan Formation in China, and
found melanosomes...
- Avialae).
Older potential avialans have
since been identified,
including Anchiornis, Xiaotingia, Aurornis, and Baminornis.
Archaeopteryx lived in the Late...
- Quanguo; Meng, Qingjin; Norell, Mark A.; Gao, Ke-Qin (2017). "New
Specimens ofAnchiornis huxleyi(Theropoda: Paraves) from the Late Jur****ic of
Northeastern China"...
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Serikornis sungei. Some
researchers believe it is a
junior synonym of
Anchiornis. Serikornis,
first described in
August 2017, is
noteworthy for the variety...
- 160 million
years ago. The
avialan species from this time
period include Anchiornis huxleyi,
Xiaotingia zhengi, and
Aurornis xui. The well-known probable...
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specimens of the
avialan Anchiornis has
found that the
traits exhibited by
Aurornis fall
within the
range of
variation in
Anchiornis,
warranting their synonymization...
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Eosinopteryx brevipenna. Some
researchers consider it a
junior synonym of
Anchiornis. E.
brevipenna is
known from a
single fossil specimen recovered from the...
- collected.
There are even very
small dinosaurs, such as
Microraptor and
Anchiornis,
which have long,
vaned arm and leg
feathers forming wings. The Jur****ic...
