Genus: Changyuraptor HAN, CHIAPPE, JI, HABIB, TURNER, CHINSAMY, LIU & HAN,
2014
Etymology: 'Changyu' means 'long feather' in chinese and 'raptor' refers to
the predatory habits inferred for the holotype.
Species: yangi HAN, CHIAPPE, JI, HABIB, TURNER, CHINSAMY, LIU & HAN,
2014
Etymology: In honor of Professor Yang Yandong, Chairman of the Bohai University
(Liaoning Province, China), who provided the financial support to aquire the
specimen.
Holotype: HC B016
Locality: Xijianchang, Jianchang County, liaoning Province, China.
Horizon: Yixian Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early Cretaceous.
Material: Skull and skeleton.
Note: Has feather impressions, possibly from the wing, mainly from the legs and tail.