Protarchaeopteryx

Name: Protarchaeopteryx

Pronounced: Prot-ar-ke-op-teh-riks

Meaning: Before Archaeopteryx

Type: Small Theropod

Length: 2 meters long

Diet: Carnivore

Period: Early Cretaceous

Years: 122-120 million years ago

Location: China

Description: Protarchaeopteryx is a extinct genus of coppensochoerid paravian dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period in what is now China. It was a small, feathered animal with a long tail and wings that were too small to allow it to fly. Protarchaeopteryx had a number of primitive features, including long arms and fingers with clawed fingers, and a hand that was more similar to that of a bird than a dinosaur. It is thought to be closely related to the more advanced bird-like dinosaurs known as the avialans. Protarchaeopteryx is known from a single well-preserved specimen that includes a complete skeleton and impressions of feathers.

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