Jinfengopteryginae
Extinct subfamily of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jinfengopteryginae is a subfamily of bird-like theropod dinosaurs known from the Cretaceous of Eurasia. This group includes relatively few genera, with members discovered in 2005 but the name erected in 2012. Like other troodontids, this group of dinosaurs resided in the Paraves potentially close to the Avialae.
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Jinfengopterygines | |
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Holotype of the type species, Jinfengopteryx elegans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Troodontidae |
Subfamily: | †Jinfengopteryginae Turner et al., 2012 |
Type species | |
†Jinfengopteryx elegans Ji et al., 2005 | |
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