04 June 2026 EN sci-news ✎ édité manuellement

New Microraptorine Dinosaur Discovered in China

China Cretaceous Early Cretaceous specimen Dinosauria Jian Microraptorinae bird

Jian changmaensis is the first non-avian dinosaur found at a paleontological site that has yielded more than 100 specimens of Early Cretaceous birds. The post New Microraptorine Dinosaur Discovered in China appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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L. Zhou, M. C. Lamanna, and A. W. Poust, D. Li, H. You, J. K. O.'Connor. 2026. First non-avian theropod (Dromaeosauridae, Microraptorinae) from the bird-bearing Lower Cretaceous Xiagou Formation of the Changma Basin, Gansu Province, northwestern China. Annals of Carnegie Museum 92(2):89-110

DOI: 10.2992/007.092.0201 ↗

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