Subfamily
Valid Extinct

Jinfengopteryginae

Turner et al. 2012

Jinfengopteryginae is a subfamily of bird-like theropod dinosaurs known from the Cretaceous of Eurasia. This group includes relatively few genera, with members discovered in 2005 but the name erected in 2012. Like other troodontids, this group of dinosaurs resided in the Paraves potentially close to the Avialae.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore, omnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Jinfengopteryginae
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Jinfengopteryx elegans fossil displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum © Laikayiu · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Troodontidae Family
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Jinfengopteryginae Subfamily
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
3
🇪🇸 Spain
1
Geological formations
Yixian
1
Huajiying
1
Wulansuhai
1
Talarn
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
2
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. G. Sellés, B. Vila, and S. L. Brusatte, P. J. Currie, A. Galobart. 2021. A fast-growing basal troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the latest Cretaceous of Europe. Scientific Reports 11:4855:1-12 DOI ↗
Bibliography (4)
A. G. Sellés, B. Vila, and S. L. Brusatte, P. J. Currie, A. Galobart. 2021. A fast-growing basal troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the latest Cretaceous of Europe. Scientific Reports 11:4855:1-12 DOI ↗
C.-z. Shen, B. Zhao, and C.-l. Gao, J.-c. Lü, M. Kundrát. 2017. A new troodontid dinosaur (Liaoningvenator curriei gen. et sp. nov.) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation in western Liaoning Province. Acta Geoscientica Sinica 38(3):359-371
X. Xu, Q. Zhao, and C. Sullivan, Q.-W. Tan, M. Sander, Q.-Y. Ma. 2012. The taxonomy of the troodontid IVPP V 10597 reconsidered. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50(2):140-150
Q. Ji, S. -A. Ji, and J. -C. Lü, H. -L. You, W. Chen, Y. -Q. Liu, Y. -X. Liu. 2005. First avialan bird from China. Geological Bulletin of China 24(3):197-210