What is Sinornithosaurus?
{{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = [[Early Cretaceous]], {{fossil range|124.6|122}} | image = Sinornithosaurus millenii 2.JPG | image_upright = 1.1 | image_caption = ''S. millenii'' fossil, Hong Kong Science Museum | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Sinornithosaurus | authority = [[Xu Xing (paleontologist)|Xu]], [[Wang Xiao-Lin|Wang]] & [[Wu Xiao-Chun|Wu]], [[1999 in paleontology|1999]] | type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Sinornithosaurus millenii''''' | type_species_authority = Xu, Wang, & Wu, 1999 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * {{extinct}}'''''S. millenii''''' <small>Xu, Wang, & Wu, 1999</small> * {{extinct}}'''''S. haoiana'''''? <small>Liu, Ji, Tang & Gao, 2004</small> }} '''''Sinornithosaurus''''' (derived from Latin and Greek, meaning 'Chinese bird-lizard') was a [[feathered dinosaur]] from the [[Lower Cretaceous]], a [[dromaeosaur]]. It was found in the [[Yixian Formation]] in what is now [[China]]. This new [[fossil]] supports the idea that these dinosaurs did not have scaly, reptile-like [[skin]], but had a softer, downy coat. No fossil skin impressions of these dinosaurs had been found previously. {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[category:Dromaeosauridae]] [[Category:Feathered dinosaurs]]