Genus
Valid Extinct

Pedopenna

Xu and Zhang 2005

Pedopenna is a genus of small, feathered, maniraptoran dinosaur from the Daohugou Beds in China. It is possibly older than Archaeopteryx, though the age of the Daohugou Beds where it was found is debated. A majority of studies suggest that the beds probably date from between the late Middle Jurassic and early Late Jurassic Period.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Pedopenna
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Rigorous skeletal of Pedopenna daohugouensis. Only the foot is shown as its taxonomic affinity is heavily debated due to the fragmentary nature of the holotype. The view is of its left foot in lateral view. The large boxes are 50mm and the small boxes are 25mm. © Sauriazoicillus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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Pedopenna Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Tiaojishan
1
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Pedopenna daohugouensis 165 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
X. Xu and F. Zhang. 2005. A new maniraptoran dinosaur from China with long feathers on the metatarsus. Naturwissenschaften 92:173-177 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
X. Xu and F. Zhang. 2005. A new maniraptoran dinosaur from China with long feathers on the metatarsus. Naturwissenschaften 92:173-177 DOI ↗