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