Tianyuraptor ostromi Zheng et al. 2009 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: X. Zheng, X. Xu, H. You, Q. Zhao, and Z. Song. 2009. A short-armed dromaeosaurid from the Jehol Group of China with implications for early dromaeosaurid evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Belongs to Tianyuraptor according to X. Zheng et al. 2009

See also Averianov and Lopatin 2021 and Turner et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: STM1-3, 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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