Microraptor

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Microraptor
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Model of Microraptor at American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Model of Microraptor at American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Coelurosauria
Family: Dromaeosauridae
Subfamily: Microraptorinae
Genus: Microraptor
Xu et al, 2000
Species
  • M. zhaoianus (type)
  • M. gui Xu et al, 2003

Microraptor was a small feathered dinosaur related to Velociraptor. It was a lot like Archaeopteryx with feathers.