Microraptor Microraptor gui Xu et al. 2003
/mˈaɪkɹoʊɹˌæptɚ/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · 121.4–113.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Liaoning
Formation
Jiufotang
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Microraptor gui is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–113.2 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Liaoning, China. It was named by Xu et al. 2003. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Microraptor gui sits in deep time
Microraptor
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Microraptor gui's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.