Microraptor hanqingi Gong et al. 2012 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: E.-P. Gong, L. D. Martin, D. A. Burnham, A. R. Falk, and L.-H. Hou. 2012. A new species of Microraptor from the Jehol Biota of northeastern China. Palaeoworld 21:81-91

Belongs to Microraptor according to E.-P. Gong et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Microraptor gui, Microraptor zhaoianus

Type specimen: LVH 0026, a skeleton. Its type locality is Microraptor hanqingi type (PROXY), which is in an Aptian lacustrine shale in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Microraptor hanqingi type (PROXY)

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