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Sinosauropteryx
Sinosauropteryx lingyuanensis Qiu et al. 2025
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · 125.8–121.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Sinosauropteryx lingyuanensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 125.8–121.4 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Qiu et al. 2025. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Sinosauropteryx sits in deep time
Sinosauropteryx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Sinosauropteryx's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.