Dinosauria › Reptilia › Theropoda › Troodontidae
Anchiornis
Anchiornis huxleyi Xu et al. 2009
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · 168.2–152.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore, omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Anchiornis huxleyi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 168.2–152.2 million years ago. It was a carnivore, omnivore. It was named by Xu et al. 2009. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Anchiornis sits in deep time
Anchiornis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Anchiornis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.