Sinornithosaurus

Translingual thumb|A fossil of a Sinornithosaurus exhibited in the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Etymology mul Proper noun †1 m genus family †Dromaeosauridae family feathered dinosaurs of the Cretaceous, discovered in China References 1 1 1 68204 English Etymology Translated as “Chinese bird-lizard,” from Neo-Latin or Latin Sīna (“China”) + Greek ὄρνις (“bird”) + σαῦρος (“lizard”). Noun + Sinornithosaurus A small, carnivorous, dromaeosaurid dinosaur which belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae family of subfamily Microraptorinae subfamily 0.https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/saurischia/dromaeosauridae.htmlhttps://strangebehaviors.wordpress.com/2018/10/17/death-of-a-fossil-hunter/ en July 16, 2015 Junchang Lü; Stephen Louis Brusatte A large, short-armed, winged dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China and its implications for feather evolution Scientific Reports http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504142/ 10.1038/srep11775 5 A large promaxillary fenestra is also seen in other Liaoning dromaeosaurids such as Sinornithosaurus 21 and Tianyuraptor 15, but it is much smaller in most other dromaeosaurids, such as Velociraptor 26 and Tsaagan 27 . A genus of feathered dromaeosaurid dinosaurs from the early Cretaceous which originated in what is now China.Sinornithosaurushttps://planetdinosaur.fandom.com/wiki/Sinornithosaurus en 2013 DK: Margaret Parrish, Caroline Bingham, and Ben Morgan Dinosaurs: A Visual Encyclopedia 202 Sinornithosaurus was an early member of the dromaeosaur family. [...] Sinornithosaurus means "Chinese bird lizard," but this species wasn't a true bird, since it was probably too heavy to fly, although like other dromaeosaurs it might have evolved from a flying ancestor.https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dinosaurs_A_Visual_Encyclopedia/7VzyAAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Sinornithosaurus&pg=PA202&printsec=frontcover en 2023, translated in 2025 Berta Páramo and translated by Marc Correa Haro Lice: How to Survive on Humans 170-171 We believe the first lice lived on feathered dinosaurs about 125 million years ago. [Image] Sinornithosaurus (Cretaceous Period) en 2026 Bryce Jones The Princeton Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: Theropods 450 Sinornithosaurus millenii (meaning “Chinese bird lizard of the millennium”) was among the earliest fossils discovered of a nonavian theropod bearing feathers. These included downy tufts along most of the animal's body, as well as long shafts along the limbs.Several species of Sinornithosaurus have been described, and numerous others remain undescribed within museum archives. <u>Footnote: The bolding for “millenii” is intentional; the full species name was bolded in the text, whereas later in the text, the genus name was only italicized.</u> Plural of Sinornithosaurus. Synonyms (small, carnivorous, feathered dinosaur) dromaeosaurid, (genus of small, carnivorous, feathered dinosaurs) Dromaeosaurus, Microraptoriae Holonyms: dromaeosaurid, theropod, saurischian, dinosaur, Microraptoriae, Dromaeosaurus, Theropoda, Saurischia order, Dinosauria superorder See also Wikipedia: Sinornithosaurus References en terms suffixed with -saurus 6-syllable words