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sharp-clawed runner
Epidexipteryx
Say it like this: “ep-id-ecks-IP-tuh-ricks”
Epidexipteryx hui
Epidexipteryx ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Bathonian · Callovian) · roughly 168.2 to 161.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2008 · Zhang, F.; Zhou, Z.; Xu, X.; Wang, X.; Sullivan, C.
- Hip height
- 0.2 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 0.3 m · 1 ft
- Weight
- 1 kg · 2 lb
- Found in
- China · Haifanggou
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Scansoriopterygidae
The story in short
The genus Epidexipteryx dates to 2008, the year F. Zhang and colleagues described it.
Fossils referred to Epidexipteryx date to the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian · Callovian), roughly 168.2 to 161.5 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Haifanggou Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Epidexipteryx at a length near 0.3 m, hips about 0.2 m high, and a body mass around 1 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Scansoriopterygidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.