Reptilia - Saurischia - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: G. Han, L. M. Chiappe, S. Ji, M. Habib, A. H. Turner, A. Chinsamy, and L. Han. 2014. A new raptorial dinosaur with exceptionally long feathering provides insights into dromaeosaurid flight performance. Nature Communications 5(4382):1-9

Parent taxon: Microraptorinae according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2020

See also Gianechini et al. 2017 and Han et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Dromaeosauriformipes, Graciliraptor, Hesperonychus, Microraptor, Shanag, Sinornithosaurus, Zhongjianosaurus

Subtaxa: Changyuraptor yangi

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Xijianchang (Cretaceous of China)

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