Dalianraptor Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Paraves |
Clade: | Avialae |
Genus: | †Dalianraptor Gao & Liu, 2005 |
Species: | †D. cuhe
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†Dalianraptor cuhe Gao & Liu, 2005
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Dalianraptor (meaning "Dalian thief") is a dubious, possibly chimeric, genus of theropod dinosaurs from the Jiufotang Formation of China, dating to the Early Cretaceous.[1] It was initially believed to have been a possible dromaeosaurid before it was described in 2005.[2]