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    Anchiornis is a genus of small, four-winged paravian dinosaurs, with only one known species, the type species Anchiornis huxleyi, named for its similarity...
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    The smallest non-avialan theropod known from adult specimens may be Anchiornis huxleyi, at 110 grams (3.9 ounces) in weight and 34 centimetres (13 in) in...
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    million years ago. The avialan species from this time period include Anchiornis huxleyi and Aurornis xui. Xiaotingia zhengi used to be considered a member...
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    socket. The wings were about the same size as those of the related Anchiornis huxleyi, with the primary wing feathers being longer than the humerus (upper...
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    as well as how they are related. Very primitive species, such as Anchiornis huxleyi, have alternately been found to be early troodontids, early members...
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    160 million years ago. The avialan species from this time period include Anchiornis huxleyi, Xiaotingia zhengi, and Aurornis xui. The well-known probable early...
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    birds, the color and pattern of the feathers on Anchiornis and Tupandactylus could be determined. Anchiornis was found to have black-and-white-patterned feathers...
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    smallest non-avian theropod known from adult specimens is the troodontid Anchiornis huxleyi, at 110 grams in weight and 34 centimeters (1 ft) in length. When...
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    Anchiornithidae as "all maniraptoran theropods that are more closely related to Anchiornis huxleyi than to Passer domesticus, Archaeopteryx lithographica, Dromaeosaurus...
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    avialan) Similicaudipteryx yixianensis (inferred 2008: pygostyle) Anchiornis huxleyi (2009; possibly avialan) Tianyulong confuciusi? (2009) Incisivosaurus...
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    Qinglongopterus guoi, dinosaurs like Tianyulong confuciusi, basal birds like Anchiornis huxleyi, Caihong juji, and Eosinopteryx brevipenna, and finally as the early...
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    were those theropods most closely related to birds. For example, Anchiornis huxleyi is currently the smallest non-avialan dinosaur described from an adult...
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  • team. Melanosomes were used to discover the true colors of fossil Anchiornis huxleyi by a collaborative team including members from the Beijing Museum...
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    specimens of the avialan Anchiornis has found that the traits exhibited by Aurornis fall within the range of variation in Anchiornis, warranting their synonymization...
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  • melanosomes in Anchiornis huxleyi, which they were able to reconstruct into what the plumage would have looked like 150 million years ago when A. huxleyi lived...
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  • Beijing Museum of Natural History Anchiornis huxleyi Oxfordian Tiaojishan Formation China Many specimens of Anchiornis have been found, but a majority have...
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  • of fossil feathers preserved in association with the skeleton of Anchiornis huxleyi is published by Cincotta et al. (2020). A study on the quality of...
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    environment around them, preventing scavenging and helping preserve them. Anchiornis huxleyi Epidendrosaurus ningchengensis Epidexipteryx hui Pedopenna daohugouensis...
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    itemirensis. 2009 Xu and others described the new genus and species Anchiornis huxleyi. Norell and others described the new genus Zanabazar. 2010 Senter...
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    Liaoningvenator, unlike Anchiornis. The rear portion of the ilium (the postacetabular process) also has a shorter bottom edge than both Anchiornis and Eosinopteryx...
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  • Varricchio, Kundrát & Hogan (2018). Description of two new specimens of Anchiornis huxleyi and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the species is published...
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    "Primitive Wing Feather Arrangement in Archaeopteryx lithographica and Anchiornis huxleyi", Current Biology, . Sanz, J., Bonapartet, J. & Lacasa, A. (1988):...
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  • et al. (2017). Wang et al. (2017) reconstruct the body outline of Anchiornis huxleyi based on the data on soft tissues revealed by laser-stimulated fluorescence...
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    to the Avialae remains to be thoroughly tested (see Xiaotingia). †Anchiornis huxleyi Xu et al. 2009 †Aurornis xui Godefroit et al. 2013 †Balaur bondoc...
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    the humerus and ulna, having an unknown length. Like Jinfengopteryx, Anchiornis, and Archaeopteryx, the tail of Jianianhualong supports a frond-like fan...
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    when the clade Avialae was grouped under Paraves. With the discovery of Anchiornis (earliest feathered dinosaur with four wings) in Tiaojishan Formation...
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  • Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Oxfordian China Anchiornis huxleyi Anchiornis IVPP V14378 Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology...
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    Epidendrosaurus ninchengensis, Epidexipteryx hui, and Yi qi; the paravians Anchiornis huxleyi, Pedopenna daohugouensis, and Xiaotingia zhengi. Non-archosaurs are...
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  • efforts to support scientists in revealing the feather colors of Anchiornis huxleyi, the second dinosaur to have this distinction. Sloan participated...
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    Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images Anchiornis A. huxleyi Liaoning Several specimens An anchiornithid at first believed to...
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