HardMicroraptor
Microraptor gui
MY-kro-RAP-tor· “small one who seizes”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🥩 carnivore🦴 Dromaeosauridae
1 m
Length
0.3 m
Height
1 kg
Weight
A crow-sized dromaeosaur from the Jehol Biota with long flight feathers on all four limbs — in effect, four wings. Preserved pigment structures show it had glossy, iridescent black plumage.
When
Early Cretaceous, ~125–120 million years ago
Found in
China
Discovered
Xu Xing, 2003
Did you know?
- Had feathered 'wings' on both its arms and its legs — four in total.
- Fossilised pigment shows its feathers were glossy, iridescent black.
- One of the smallest known dinosaurs, roughly the size of a crow.
Artwork: Fred Wierum, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.