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Yixianosaurus
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dinosaurs of asia
   
cretaceous dinosaurs
   
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  Name ''Yixianosaurus''
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Reptilia
  Superordo Dinosauria
  Ordo Saurischia
  Unranked Familia Maniraptora
  Genus '''''Yixianosaurus'''''
  Species '''''Y longimanus'''''
  Binomial ''Yixianosaurus longimanus''
  Binomial Authority Xu and Wang, 2003


Yixianosaurus longimanus ("long-handed Yixian lizard") was a Maniraptoran Dinosaur from the early Cretaceous (middle Barremian stage, 125 million years ago) of China . It is known only from a pair of fossilized arms complete with fossilized feathers. Its exact placement within maniraptora is uncertain, though its hands resemble those of another Feathered Dinosaur , Epidendrosaurus . {Link without Title}


REFERENCES

Xu X. & Wang Xiao-lin. 2003. A new maniraptoran from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning. _Vertebrata PalAsiatica_ 41(3): 195-202.