Linheraptor exquisitus Xu et al. 2010 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: X. Xu, J. N. Choiniere, M. Pittman, Q. Tan, D. Xiao, Z. Li, J. M. Clark, M. A. Norell, D. W. E. Hone and C. Sullivan. 2010. A new dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa 2403:1-9

Belongs to Linheraptor according to X. Xu et al. 2010

See also Averianov and Lopatin 2021, Funston et al. 2015 and Hone et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V 16923, a skeleton. Its type locality is Nuchidaba, Bayan Mandahu, which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Wulansuhai Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Nuchidaba, Bayan Mandahu

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