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Scansoriopteryx ("climbing wing") is a
genus of
maniraptoran dinosaur.
Described from only a
single juvenile fossil specimen found in Liaoning, China...
- (dating to the mid-late Jur****ic Period) of
Liaoning and Hebei, China.
Scansoriopteryx heilmanni (and its
likely synonym Epidendrosaurus ninchengensis) was...
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include tyrannosauroids, Juravenator, and
Scansoriopteryx.
Fossils of at
least some of
these animals (
Scansoriopteryx and
possibly Juravenator) also preserve...
- as a long, backwards-pointed
pubis and
short ischia were
present in
Scansoriopteryx, a scansoriopterygid. The
authors considered it to be more primitive...
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skeleton bore an
overall similarity to the
possibly closely related Scansoriopteryx,
including a hip
configuration unusual among other dinosaurs: the pubis...
- same age) as the
other known scansoriopterygids Epidexipteryx and
Scansoriopteryx. The
ecosystem preserved in the
Tiaojishan Formation is a
forest dominated...
- Some
species may have
mixed feathers elsewhere on the body as well.
Scansoriopteryx preserved scales near the
underside of the tail, and
Juravenator may...
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Nomingia gobiensis (inferred 2000: pygostyle)
Psittacosaurus sp.? (2002)
Scansoriopteryx heilmanni (2002;
possibly avialan) IVPP V13476 (2003) Yixianosaurus...
- †Pneumatoraptor †Rahonavis †Scansoriopterygidae?
Ambopteryx Epidexipteryx Scansoriopteryx Yi †Anchiornithidae
Anchiornis Aurornis Caihong Eosinopteryx Fujianvenator...
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possibly having arboreal and/or
aerodynamic adaptations.
These include Scansoriopteryx, Epidexipteryx, Microraptor, Pedopenna, and Anchiornis. Anchiornis...
