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Sinosauropteryx

Sinosauropteryx
Photo: Fiann M. Smithwick, Robert Nicholls, Innes C. Cuthill,…, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

Scientific name
Sinosauropteryx
Continent
Asia
Group
Theropod
Period
Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Length
Small (1–3 m)
Moves
On two legs
Feature
Feathers
Difficulty in WildGuessr
Hard

Did you know?

  • Found in China in 1996, it was the first dinosaur other than birds found with traces of feathers.
  • Tiny pigment traces show that its tail had reddish-brown and white stripes.

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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q131379 · All prehistoric life · All entries