Epidexipteryx
Sign in to saveEpidexipteryx is a genus of small maniraptoran dinosaurs, known from one fossil specimen in the collection of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing. Epidexipteryx represents the earliest known example of ornamental feathers in the fossil record.
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- Parent taxon
- Scansoriopterygidae
- Image
- Epidexipteryx BW.jpg
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- Commons category
- Epidexipteryx
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Epidexipteryx
- time period
- Late Jurassic
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- Discovery
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Epidexipteryx is a genus of small maniraptoran dinosaurs, known from one fossil specimen in the collection of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing. Epidexipteryx represents the earliest known example of ornamental feathers in the fossil record.
==Discovery==
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