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Sinocalliopteryx
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Sinocalliopteryx

Sinocalliopteryx gigas

Era: CretaceousDiet: CarnivorousPeriod: Early CretaceousSize: 2.37m

Sinocalliopteryx (meaning 'Chinese beautiful feather') is a genus of carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China (Jianshangou Beds, dating to 124.6 Ma). While similar to the related Huaxiagnathus, Sinocalliopteryx were larger