Dalianraptor

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Dalianraptor
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Genus: Dalianraptor
Gao and Liu, 2005
Species: D. cuhe
Binomial name
Dalianraptor cuhe
Gao and Liu, 2005

Dalianraptor was a prehistoric genus of bird. It lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 125 million years ago, and was found in Jiufotang Formation rocks in Liaoning, PRC. It was altogether quite similar to the famous Archaeopteryx and Shenzhouraptor (also known as Jeholornis).