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Sinornithosaurus
Sinornithosaurus millenii (Sinornithosaurus · Sinornithosaurus)
Known only from fossils. The IUCN Red List assesses only species extant since 1500 CE, so fossil taxa are not assigned a category.
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its estimated body length of about 2 m (representative value for the genus) is slightly taller than an adult human (about 1.7 m) (Comparison).
- 💡 Its name 'Chinese bird-lizard' shows that it was a dinosaur closely resembling a bird.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
Sinornithosaurus millenii (genus Sinornithosaurus) was a small carnivorous theropod (dromaeosaurid) that lived in China during the Early Cretaceous. Its name means 'Chinese bird-lizard.'
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It is listed as a small theropod with a body length of about 2 m. This source does not provide information on its weight or teeth.
🔍 3. Fossil Record & Paleoecology
It was a carnivorous dinosaur. Xu, Wang, and Wu named it in 1999.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • Fossil taxon — the IUCN Red List assesses only species living or extinct since 1500
- • paleobiodb.org — basicTaxonInfo
- • wikidata.org — Q20722224
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Sinornithosaurus.jpg
- • nhm.ac.uk — sinornithosaurus.html
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Becky Barnes · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Dromaeosaurus albertensis)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.