Sinocalliopteryx
| Sinocalliopteryx Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| Holotype specimen JMP-V-05-8-01 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Compsognathidae |
| Genus: | †Sinocalliopteryx Ji et al., 2007 |
| Species: | †S. gigas
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| Binomial name | |
| †Sinocalliopteryx gigas Ji et al., 2007
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Sinocalliopteryx (meaning 'Chinese beautiful feather') is a genus of carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China (Jianshangou Beds, dating to 124.6 Ma). While similar to the related Huaxiagnathus, Sinocalliopteryx were larger. In 2007, the type specimen was the largest known compsognathid exemplar, at 2.37 metres (7.8 ft) in length. In 2012, an even larger specimen was reported.