Microraptor Reconstruction (IMAGE)

American Museum of Natural History

Microraptor Reconstruction

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This is a reconstruction of a Microraptor based on digital overlays of nine fossilized specimens. Microraptor was a pigeon-sized, four-winged dinosaur that lived about 130 million years ago.

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(AMNH/M. Ellison)

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