Protarchaeopteryx

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Protarchaeopteryx
Conservation status: Fossil

Fossil range: Early Cretaceous

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
(unranked) Oviraptorosauria
Genus: Protarchaeopteryx
Species: P. robusta
Binomial name
Protarchaeopteryx robusta
Q. Ji and S. Ji, 1997


Protarchaeopteryx was a small feathered dinosaur from China. It was a bird-like predator with teeth. It looked like Archaeopteryx. It is one of the Chinese feathered dinosaurs.

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