Beipiaosaurus was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Hebei (China) and Liaoning (China).
Quick facts about Beipiaosaurus:
- Existed from Hauterivian Age to Aptian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Beipiaosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- X. Xu and X.-L. Wang. 1999. A dromaeosaurid dinosaur with a filamentous integument from the Yixian Formation of China. Nature 401:262-266
- X. Xu and X. Zheng. 2009. A new feather type in a nonavian theropod and the early evolution of feathers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(3):832-834
