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Dinosaur: Serikornis sungei
| Length*: | 50 cm | 1.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 0.55 kg | 1 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic
Stage: Callovian-Oxfordian
Years: 166.1–154.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Lefèvre et al.
Year: 2017
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Tiaojishan
Locations
Sources
Material: Almost complete skeleton with skull and feathers.
References: Lefèvre, U., Cau, A., Cincotta, A., Hu, D., Chinsamy, A., Escuillié, F., Godefroit, P. (2017) “A new Jurassic theropod from China documents a transitional step in the macrostructure of feathers.”.
