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Dinosaur: Epidexipteryx hui
| Length*: | 25 cm | 0.8 ft |
| Weight*: | 0.22 kg | 0 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic
Stage: Callovian-Oxfordian
Years: 166.1–154.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Zhang et al.
Year: 2008
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Inner Mongolia
Formation: Tiaojishan
Locations
Sources
Material: Almost complete skeleton with skull and filaments.
References: Zhang, Zhou, Xu, Wang and Sullivan, (2008). A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers.
