Sinocalliopteryx was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Liaoning (China).
Quick facts about Sinocalliopteryx:
- Existed from 129.4 million years ago to Aptian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists
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Sinocalliopteryx was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- J.-C. Lü. 2002. Soft tissue in an Early Cretaceous pterosaur from Liaoning Province, China. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 1:19-28
- L. Xing, P. R. Bell, and W. S. Persons, S. Ji, T. Miyashita, M. E. Burns, Q. Ji, P. J. Currie. 2012. Abdominal contents from two large early cretaceous compsognathids (Dinosauria: Theropoda) demonstrate feeding on confuciusornithids and dromaeosaurids. PLoS One 7(8):e44012:1-11
