Microraptor gui Xu et al. 2003 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: X. Xu, Z. Zhou, X. Wang, X. Kuang, F. Zhang and X. Du. 2003. Four-winged dinosaurs from China. Nature 421:335-340

Belongs to Microraptor according to N. R. Longrich and P. J. Currie 2009

See also Amiot et al. 2010, Chatterjee and Templin 2007, Dececchi et al. 2012, Frederickson et al. 2018, Godefroit et al. 2008, Goianechini and ApesteguĂ­a 2011, Gong et al. 2012, Ji et al. 2007, Norell and Makovicky 2004, O'Connor et al. 2011, Parsons and Parsons 2015, Senter 2007, Senter et al. 2004, Xing et al. 2018, Xing et al. 2008, Xu et al. 2003 and Zheng et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Microraptor hanqingi, Microraptor zhaoianus

Type specimen: IVPP V.13352. Its type locality is Dapingfang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dapingfang

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