Genus: Microraptor XU, ZHOU & WANG, 2000
Etymology: Greek, mikros, 'small', and Latin, raptor, “robber”, small robber; the generic name refers to the small size of this new dromaeosaurid dinosaur.

Species: gui XU, ZHOU, WANG, KUANG, ZHANG & DU, 2003
Etymology: In honor of Gu Zhiwei, a distinguished paleontologist who contributed greatly to the study of jehol biota.

Referred material:

O'CONNOR, ZHOU & XU, 2011

Locality: China.

Horizon: Jehol Biota.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Cretaceous.

Material:

IVPP V 17972: Skull and skeleton.

Note: With a partial skeleton of an adult Enantiornithine bird in its stomach.

Note: With feather impressions, and skin impressions (McNAMARA, ZHANG, KEARNS, ORR, TOULOUSE, FOLEY, HONE, ROGERS, BENTON, JOHNSON, XU & ZHOU, 2018).

 

XING, PERSONS IV, BELL, XU, ZHANG, MIYASHITA, WANG & CURRIE, 2013

Locality: Northeastern China.

Horizon: Jiufotang Formation, Upper Jehol Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Barremian Stage, Lower Gallic Subepoch, Lower Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.

Material:

QMV1002: Nearly complete specimen, skull, and skeleton, with feather impressions.

Note: With a pair of fish vertebral centra and thing bones with rugose surface textures and evidence of gastric etiching, possibly fish cranial elements.

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Species: hanqingi GONG, MARTIN, BURNHAM, FALK, & HOU, 2012
Etymology: In honor of the late Marshall Zhang Xueliang who was the founder, president, and later Honorary President of Northeastern University, China: Hanqing is his alternate name.

Holotype: LVH 0026

Locality: Liaoning Province, Northeastern China.

Horizon: Jiufotang Formation, Upper Jehol Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Barremian Stage, Lower Gallic Subepoch, Lower Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.

Material: Skull and skeleton of a nearly complete specimen.

Note: With feather impressions.