Sinosauropteryx was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Liaoning (China), Liaoning (China) and Liaoning (China).
Quick facts about Sinosauropteryx:
- Existed from Hauterivian Age to Aptian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- Had a body mass of approximately 23053 g
- Fossil femurs are approximately 235 mm long and wide
- 3 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Sinosauropteryx was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- Q. Ji, Z.-X. Luo, and C.-X. Yuan, J. R. Wible, J.-P. Zhang, J. A. Georgi. 2002. The earliest known eutherian mammal. Nature 416:816-822
- R. Qiu, X. Wang, and S. Jiang, J. Meng, Z. Zhou. 2025. Two new compsognathid-like theropods show diversified predation strategies in theropod dinosaurs. National Science Review 12(5):nwaf068
- X. Wang, Y. Wang, and Y. Wang, X. Xu, Z. Tang, F. Zhang, Y. Hu. 1998. Stratigraphic sequence and vertebrate-bearing beds of the lower part of the Yixian Formation in Sihetun and neighboring area, western Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 36(2):81-101
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