Changyuraptor

Say it like this: “JYAHNG-yoo-RAP-tor”

Changyuraptor yangi

Changyuraptor ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.

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When: Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Named in: 2014 · Han, G.; Chiappe, L. M.; Ji, S. A.; Habib, M.; Turner, A. H.; Chinsamy, A.; Liu, X.; Han, L.
Hip height: 0.3 m · 1 ft
Length: 1.2 m · 4 ft
Weight: 4 kg · 9 lb
Found in: China · Yixian
Food and walking: Carnivore · Two legs
Kind: sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
Family branch: Microraptorinae

The story in short

In 2014, G. Han and colleagues published the name Changyuraptor.

It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Yixian Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Changyuraptor at a length near 1.2 m, hips about 0.3 m high, and a body mass around 4 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Microraptorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Graciliraptor

Graciliraptor lujiatunensis

Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago

Hesperonychus

Hesperonychus elizabethae

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago

Jian

Jian changmaensis

Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago