Zhongjianosaurus
Zhongjianosaurus is a genus of dromaeosaurid belonging to the Microraptoria. Believed to hail from the Yixian Formation, specifically the middle of the Jehol Biota, it is the smallest known microraptorine thus far discovered and one of the smallest non-avian theropod dinosaurs.
| Zhongjianosaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
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| An artist's reconstruction of Zhongjianosaurus yangi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Dromaeosauridae |
| Clade: | †Microraptoria |
| Genus: | †Zhongjianosaurus Xu & Qin, 2017 |
| Type species | |
| †Zhongjianosaurus yangi Xu & Qin, 2017 | |
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