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Dinosaur: Anchiornis huxleyi
| Length*: | 62 cm | 2.0 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.1 kg | 2 lb |
| Speed: | 30 km/h | 19 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic
Stage: Callovian-Oxfordian
Years: 166.1–154.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Xu X. et al.
Year: 2009
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Tiaojishan
Locations
Sources
Material: At least more than 200 specimens.
References: Xu, X; Zhao, Q.; Norell, M.; Sullivan, C.; Hone, D.; Erickson, G.; Wang, X.; Han, F. & Guo, Y. (2009). "A new feathered maniraptoran dinosaur fossil that fills a morphological gap in avian origin".
