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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Sinosauropteryx prima

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Family

Sinosauropterygidae

Genus

Sinosauropteryx

Species

Sinosauropteryx prima

Reptilia🥩 Carnivore

Sinosauropteryx

Sinosauropteryx prima (Sinosauropteryx · Sinosauropteryx)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)FOSSIL (Extinct Fossil)

Known only from fossils. The IUCN Red List assesses only species extant since 1500 CE, so fossil taxa are not assigned a category.

Geological Era

Early Cretaceous (~125.77 MYA)

Diet

Carnivore

Length · Height

1.1m · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Cool forests of northern China during the Early Cretaceous

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 Its estimated body length of about 1.1 m (representative value for the genus) is slightly longer than an umbrella (about 1 m) (Comparison).
💡 As the first case in which a dinosaur's color pattern was determined, it is thought to have had a reddish-brown body and a striped tail.

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.

#시노사우롭테릭스#Sinosauropteryx prima

📖 1. Overview

Sinosauropteryx prima (genus Sinosauropteryx) was a small carnivorous theropod (compsognathid group) that lived in northern China during the Early Cretaceous, and its name means 'Chinese lizard wing.' It was the first non-avian dinosaur confirmed to have feathers.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its body was covered in simple, hair-like protofeathers. It is reconstructed with a reddish-brown body, a banded tail, and a lighter-colored belly.

🔍 3. Fossil Record & Paleoecology

It ate small animals such as mammals and lizards, and one specimen preserves a small lizard in its stomach. In 1996, Li Yumin found the first fossil and sold it to a Chinese museum.