- take off from the ground, and
perhaps even
capable of
powered flight.
Microraptorines can be
distinguished from
other dromaeosaurids by
these features: A...
-
largest four-winged
microraptorine known,
exceeding previously known specimens in size by at
least 60%. Like
other microraptorines,
Changyuraptor had feathers...
-
dromaeosaurid and a
sister taxon, but not a member, of the
polytomic microraptorines.
Microraptorines are well
known for
their small size and, in some cases, ability...
- in size than all
other known microraptorines, it also has
relatively elongated lower hindlimbs, like
other microraptorines. In this regard, it is different...
- gracile.
Unenlagiines have
modified metatarsals that
resemble those of
microraptorines: they are
relatively thin and lengthened.
Based on
these adaptations...
- formation, as well as from the
younger Jiufotang Formation. However,
other microraptorines, such as
Sinornithosaurus and Graciliraptor, also
inhabit the Yixian...
-
Wulong (meaning "dancing dragon") is a
genus of
microraptorine dromaeosaurid dinosaurs from the
Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
Jiufotang Formation of China...
- from the
Cretaceous Jinju Formation (South Korea)
produced by a
small microraptorine moving at high
speed as
evidence of wing-****isted
movement of a non-avian...
-
published before the
formal description of Changyuraptor, a
larger microraptorine with
evident flight capacities.
Sinornithosaurus was a
member of the...
-
theropod dinosaurs.
Zhongjianosaurus is
distinguishable from
other microraptorines in the
following autapomorphies.
Proportionally long
ossified uncinate...
