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Tianyuraptor

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Tianyuraptor is a genus of short-armed dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous, around 122 million years ago, in what is now western Liaoning, China. Known from a single, nearly complete skeleton found in the Dawangzhangzi Bed of the Yixian Formation and formally named in 2009, it represents a transitional form between northern and southern hemisphere dromaeosaur lineages. It is distinguished by unusually short forelimbs, only about 53 percent the length of its hindlimbs, along with a long tail and elongated lower hindlimbs typical of microraptorine dromaeosaurids, and the single known species is Tianyuraptor ostromi. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Tianyuraptor ostromi 1
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1. Tianyuraptor (Wikipedia)
Wikidata Q133038 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
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