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Microraptor

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: t-din03-00503

Image Size 300 DPI: 27 * 20 cm

A feathered Microraptor alights atop a tree fern 120 million years ago in what is today Liaoning, China. Like the older Archaeopteryx, Microraptor was about size of a modern European Magpie and is one of smallest dinosaurs ever discovered. Microraptor's entire body was covered with feathers including a broad stabilizing tail and elongated feathers for flying on both its arms and legs, leading to its classification as a four-winged dromaeosaur.

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2011 - ANIMAL - CRETACEOUS - DINOSAUR - EARTH - HISTORY OF EARTH - ILLUSTRATION - MESOZOIC - MICRORAPTOR - THEROPOD -