Microraptor: quick facts

Microraptor was a tiny feathered dromaeosaurid from the Early Cretaceous of China, remarkable for having long flight-like feathers on both its arms and its legs, giving it what is often described as f

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Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.