Graciliraptor Xu and Wang 2004 (slender raptor)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: X. Xu and X.-L. Wang. 2004. A new dromaeosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 42(2):111-119

Parent taxon: Microraptorinae according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2020

See also Amiot et al. 2010, Han et al. 2014, Knoll and Ruiz-OmeƱaca 2009, Pei et al. 2014, Xing et al. 2009 and Xu and Wang 2004

Sister taxa: Changyuraptor, Dromaeosauriformipes, Hesperonychus, Microraptor, Shanag, Sinornithosaurus, Zhongjianosaurus

Subtaxa: Graciliraptor lujiatunensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lujiatun village, Shangyuan [general] (IVPP) (Cretaceous of China)

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