Palaeopteryx

Palaeopteryx
Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Paraves
Genus: †Palaeopteryx
Jensen, 1981
Species:
†P. thomsoni
Binomial name
†Palaeopteryx thomsoni
Jensen, 1981

Palaeopteryx (meaning "ancient wing") is an extinct genus of dubious paravian theropod dinosaur from the Morrison Formation of Colorado. The type species is P. thomsoni.

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