Microraptorinae

Craniata

Microraptorines Temporal range: 125–75 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Artist's restoration of Microraptor zhaoianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Family:	†Dromaeosauridae
Branch:	†Microraptoria Senter et al., 2004
Subfamily:	†Microraptorinae Longrich & Currie, 2009
Type species
Microraptor zhaoianus Xu, Zhou & Wang, 2000
Genera
†Graciliraptor †Hesperonychus †Microraptor †Shanag †Sinornithosaurus

Microraptorinae (Greek, μίκρος, mīkros: "small"; Latin, raptor: "one who seizes") is a subfamily of Dromaeosauridae. Microraptorines were among the most primitive dromaeosaurids. They appeared 125 million years ago in China. Many may have been semi-arboreal gliders. Microraptorians were relatively small; adult specimens of Microraptor range between 77–90 centimetres long (2.53–3.0 ft) and weigh up to 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), making them some of the smallest known dinosaurs.^[1][2] The largest, Hesperonychus, Graciliraptor and Sinornithosaurus, were no more than 1.8 metres long.^[1]

Genera

• Graciliraptor
• Hesperonychus
• Microraptor
• Shanag?
• Sinornithosaurus
• NGMC 91

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2011) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2010 Appendix.
2. ^ Chatterjee, S., and Templin, R.J. (2007). "Biplane wing planform and flight performance of the feathered dinosaur Microraptor gui." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(5): 1576-1580. [1]

References

3."Expand and Life history of a basal bird:morphometrics of the Early Cretaceous Confuciusornis" Luis M Chiappe, Jesús Marugán-Lobón,Shu'an Ji & Zhonghe Zhou(2008)

External links

• 1.http://www.paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=143267
• 2.http://www.taxonsearch.org/dev/taxon_edit.php?tax_id=483&Action=View
• 3.http://theropoddatabase.blogspot.com/2010/03/article-1311-means-lewisuchinaeidae-is.html