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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...
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paravians like
Microraptor were
capable of
flapping flight and
powered launching from the
ground into the air
without relying on climbing.
Microraptor in particular...
- 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...
- 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...
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exists for
several related dromaeosaurids,
including Velociraptor and
Microraptor,
though no
direct evidence is yet
known for
Deinonychus itself. When...
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feathered genus Microraptor is one of the oldest-known
dromaeosaurids and is phylogenetically more
primitive than Utahraptor.
Since Microraptor and
other dromaeosaurids...
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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...
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feathers have been collected.
There are even very
small dinosaurs, such as
Microraptor and Anchiornis,
which have long,
vaned arm and leg
feathers forming wings...
