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Shanweiniao
Carnivore
There is no write-up for this dinosaur yet, but the scientific data below is complete.
Who lived alongside it
Dinosaurs found in the same rock formation as Shanweiniao (Yixian), so they lived in the same region at roughly the same time.
Sinosauropteryx
Cretaceous
Sinovenator
Cretaceous
Sinornithosaurus
Cretaceous
Beipiaosaurus
Cretaceous
Bolong
Cretaceous
Caudipteryx
Cretaceous
Dilong
Cretaceous
Hongshanornis
Cretaceous
Formation data from the Paleobiology Database, counting only each genus's main formations. One formation can span hundreds of thousands to millions of years, so this doesn't mean any two of them ever met.
Scientific details
- Classification
- Theropod (two-legged predators)
- Family
- Longipterygidae
- When it lived
- 119.57–125.77 million years ago
- Geologic stages
- Barremian – Aptian
- Named by
- O'Connor et al., 2009
- Fossil occurrences
- 1 sites
Countries with fossils
- China
Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata