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Dinosaur: Protarchaeopteryx robusta
Cretaceous: 125.8–113 Ma
| Length*: | 75 cm | 2.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.8 kg | 4 lb |
| Speed: | 40 km/h | 25 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Late Barremian-Early Aptian
Years: 125.8–113 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Ji & Ji
Year: 1997
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Yixian
Locations
Sources
Material: Large part of skeleton with skull fragments.
References: Ji and Ji, (1997). A Chinese archaeopterygian, Protarchaeopteryx gen. nov.
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