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Protarchaeopteryx (meaning "before Archaeopteryx"
although it is from the
Cretaceous and
Archaeopteryx is from the Jur****ic) is a
genus of turkey-sized...
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basal ("primitive")
known oviraptorosaurs are
Ningyuansaurus wangi,
Protarchaeopteryx robusta and
Incisivosaurus gauthieri, both from the
lower Yixian Formation...
- used as the type
specimens for the new
dinosaur taxa
Caudipteryx and
Protarchaeopteryx.
Caudipteryx was
erected with the type
species C. zoui and the holotype...
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early stage in
their evolution. The
earliest proto-birds such as
Protarchaeopteryx had well-developed
feathers but
could not fly. The
feathers may have...
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taxon to
Protarchaeopteryx, with
their group being the most
primitive oviraptorosaurians. In both
weighted analyses however,
Protarchaeopteryx was found...
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genera Archaeopteryx and Wellnhoferia. As its name suggests,
Protarchaeopteryx was also once
referred to this group, but most
paleontologists now...
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Oviraptorosauria (Avimimus, Nomingia, Caudipteryx, Similicaudipteryx,
Protarchaeopteryx, Ningyuansaurus, Citipati, Conchoraptor) –
pennaceous feathers Paraves...
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found with
feathers preserved (including
species of Caudipteryx,
Protarchaeopteryx and Similicaudipteryx).
Another finding pointing to this is the discovery...
- an ichnotaxon,
possible squatting Dilophosaurus or
similar (1996)
Protarchaeopteryx robusta (1997) GMV 2124 (1997)
Caudipteryx zoui (1998)
Rahonavis ostromi...
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function of the
unusual premaxillary teeth of the
oviraptorosaurs Protarchaeopteryx and Incisivosaurus. Saurornitholestes'
feeding habits were discovered...
