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Epidexipteryx
Temporal range:
Callovian, 164 Ma
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Holotype
Holotype fossil exhibited in Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Scansoriopterygidae
Genus: Epidexipteryx
Zhang et al., 2008
Species:
E. hui
Binomial name
Epidexipteryx hui
Zhang et al., 2008

Epidexipteryx is a genus of small paravian 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.[1]

  1. ^ Morgan, James (2008-10-22). "New feathered dinosaur discovered". BBC. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

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Epidexipteryx

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