Similicaudipteryx yixianensis He et al. 2008 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Caudipterygidae

Full reference: T. He, X.-L. Wang, and Z.-H. Zhou. 2008. A new genus and species of caudipterid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 46(3):178-189

Belongs to Similicaudipteryx according to T. He et al. 2008

See also Funston 2020 and Lamanna et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V12556, a partial skeleton (right femur). Its type locality is Xierhuqiao, Yixian (IVPP), which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Xierhuqiao, Yixian (IVPP)

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