Scansoriopteryx heilmanni Czerkas and Yuan 2002 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Scansoriopterygidae

Full reference: S. A. Czerkas and C. Yuan. 2002. An arboreal maniraptoran from northeastern China. Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origin of Flight. The Dinosaur Museum Journal 1. The Dinosaur Museum, Blanding, UT 63-95

Belongs to Scansoriopteryx according to S. A. Czerkas and C. Yuan 2002

See also Gao et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CAGS02-IG-gausa-1/DM 607, a skeleton. Its type locality is Dawangzhangzi, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dawangzhangzi

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