Graciliraptor
| Graciliraptor Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Paraves |
| Family: | †Dromaeosauridae |
| Clade: | †Microraptoria |
| Genus: | †Graciliraptor Xu & Wang, 2004 |
| Type species | |
| Graciliraptor lujiatunensis Xu & Wang, 2004
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Graciliraptor (meaning "graceful thief") is a genus of microraptorian dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period. Its fossil, holotype IVPP V 13474, was found in Beipiao, Liaoning Province, China. The type species is Graciliraptor lujiatunensis, named and described in 2004 by Xu Xing and Wang Xiaoling. The generic name is derived from Latin gracilis (meaning "graceful") and raptor (meaning "thief"). The specific name refers to the village of Lujiatun where the fossil site is located.