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But that result appeared only when the analysis included a previously unknown dinosaur that's similar to Archaeopteryx, which the researchers dubbed Xiaotingia zhengi.
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An artist's conception shows how the birdlike dinosaur known as Xiaotingia shengi might have looked.
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But that result appeared only when the analysis included a previously unknown dinosaur that's similar to Archaeopteryx, which the researchers dubbed Xiaotingia zhengi.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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The creature, known as Xiaotingia zhengi, had long, sturdy forearms which indicate that it would have taken to the air as it hunted insects, lizards and frogs, researchers said.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Ohio University paleontologist Lawrence Witmer noted that the latest research, focusing on a fossil species dubbed Xiaotingia shengi, comes 150 years after the discovery of Archaeopteryx, which marked a milestone in the study of the origin of birds.
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But that result appeared only when the analysis included a previously unknown dinosaur that's similar to Archaeopteryx, which the researchers dubbed Xiaotingia zhengi.
The Seattle Times 2011
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But in July, researchers led by Xing Xu at Linyi University, China, announced the unearthing of Xiaotingia zhengi, a previously unknown chicken-sized dinosaur.
Archaeopteryx regains its perch on the bird family tree 2011
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Xing Xu and his colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing said that their examination of Xiaotingia, in comparison with more recognizably bird skeletons from the same period as well as the 150-million-year-old Archaeopteryx, showed that the new fossils fell short of a place in the avian family.
NYT > Home Page By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD 2011
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Like so many fossil dinosaurs and other life from the late Jurassic period, Xiaotingia was found in Liaoning Province, a happy hunting ground for paleontologists.
NYT > Home Page By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD 2011
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Archaeopteryx was about the size of a modern-day crow, and Xiaotingia was as big as a chicken.
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