Zhenyuanlong Lü and Brusatte 2015 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: J.-C. Lü and S. L. Brusatte. 2015. A large, short-armed, winged dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China and its implications for feather evolution. Scientific Reports 5:11775

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

See also Gianechini et al. 2017 and Lü and Brusatte 2015

Sister taxa: Balaur, Bambiraptor, Daurlong, Dromaeosauroides, Eudromaeosauria, Halszkaraptorinae, Imperobator, Kuru, Luanchuanraptor, Microraptorinae, Nuthetes, Pyroraptor, Richardoestesia, Shri, Tianyuraptor, Unenlagiinae, Variraptor, Velociraptorichnus, Wulong

Subtaxa: Zhenyuanlong suni

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Xiaosanjiazi Village, Lamadong (Cretaceous of China)

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