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	InfoHub - Cryptovolans pauli
		Cryptovolans pauli was a small theropod dinosaur that was about 3 feet long.
		Cryptovolans is characterized by the presence of primary flight feathers as being a bird.
		Since Cryptovolans was a dromaeosaur capable of flight, this is a strong indication that larger dromaeosaurs, such as Deinonychus and Velociraptor, were secondarily flightless as speculated by Greg Paul (1988, 2002).
	www.infohub.com /forums/showthread.php?t=4662 (273 words)

	Cryptovolans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cryptovolans is a 90 cm long feathered theropod dinosaur discovered in the Jiufotang site, China.
		Cryptovolans belongs to the family dromaeosauridae, along with a number of well-known dinosaurs such as Velociraptor.
		The fact that this flight-capable animal is also very clearly a dromaeosaurid suggests that the Dromaeosauridae might actually be a basal bird group, and that later (larger) species such as Deinonychus were actually secondarily flightless.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cryptovolans (246 words)

	Bird
		The exact boundary between dinosaurs and birds is unclear, especially with the recent discoveries in North-east China (Liaoning Province) demonstrating that many small theropod dinosaurs had feathers.
		The recently discovered dromaeosaur, Cryptovolans, was capable of powered flight, contained a keel and had ribs with an uncinate process.
		In fact, Cryptovolans makes a better "bird" than Archaeopteryx who is missing some of these modern bird features.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Bird (1512 words)

	The New Chinese Revolution Part 2.
		There's still a lot of work to be done to help us have a completely accurate picture of this new landmark discovery and further investigation may change our view of it in the future.
		With the discovery of perfectly preserved specimens of Microraptor gui and its long metatarsal feathers, a reappraisal of the genus Cryptovolans was very much needed.
		I personally think that Microraptor and Cryptovolans are one and the same(skeletal differences are minimal).
	www.luisrey.ndtilda.co.uk /html/newchinese.htm (692 words)

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		Microraptor was about 77cm long from its nose to the tip of its tail.
		Like its close comparative Cryptovolans (possibly a junior synonym of Microraptor), Microraptor had long feathers on together its fore- and hind legs, which has led to it being called a "four-winged dinosaur".
		It has been planned by Chinese scientists that the animal glided, rather than flew properly.
	www.rareresource.com /microraptor.htm (222 words)

	Matt Martyniuk: Microraptor gui (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In my essay on Cryptovolans, I repeated the theory that the butt-fans on that animal (long feathers stemming from the hind leg) were actually nothing more than long wing feathers overlapping the leg.
		A newly discovered species of the tiny deinonychosaur Microraptor (a close relative, possibly the same genus as Cryptovolans) shows that, not only did these creatures have long feathers on the leg, but a full-fledged pair of "hind wings".
		Microraptor and its kin have been dubbed the "screaming dromaeosaur biplane killers of the air", a title that's pretty much self-explanatory.
	www.azhdarcho.com /Art/Paleoart/microraptor.htm (238 words)

	maniraptora (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It's known from most of a skeleton, found with possible remains of Cryptovolans, another possible flyer, this time a dromaeosaurid.
		The animal, as the name suggests, is interpreted as an omnivore, based on the skull.
		It may be synonymous with Cryptovolans pauli, or its type species.
	www.users.qwest.net.cob-web.org:8888 /~jstweet1/maniraptora.htm (2069 words)

	Cryptovolans information information - Search.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Cryptovolans information information - Search.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)
		Cryptovolans pauli is a 90 cm long feathered dromaeosaurid dinosaur recently discovered in the Jiufotang site, China.
		Cryptovolans belongs to the same family as Velociraptor.
	search.com.com.cob-web.org:8888 /reference/Cryptovolans (308 words)

	Dinosaur Anatomy @ Planet Dinosaur
		The feathered dinosaurs discovered so far include Beipiaosaurus, Caudipteryx, Dilong, Microraptor, Protarchaeopteryx, Shuvuuia, Sinornithosaurus, and Sinosauropteryx; and dinosaur-like birds like Confuciusornis; all of which come from the same area and formation in northern China.
		The dromaeosauridae family in particular seems to have been heavily feathered, and at least one dromaeosaurid, Cryptovolans, may have been capable of flight.
		The exterior of fossilized bones provide the raw data upon which we base our understanding of how dinosaurs looked, behaved, and were related to each other.
	planetdinosaur.com /dinosaurs/anatomy.htm (2415 words)

	Evolution of Birds - Ornithology - Indian Birds (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Recent discoveries in North-east China of many small feathered theropod dinosaurs complicate our understanding of the evolution of birds.
		The recently discovered flight-capable Cryptovolans, was a bird having a keel and ribs with uncinate processes.
		In fact, Cryptovolans appears more 'bird-like' than Archaeopteryx which is missing some of these modern bird features.
	www.birding.in.cob-web.org:8888 /ornithology/evolution_of_birds.htm (446 words)

	Cryptovolans [The Dinosauricon] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Dromaeosaurs of the Air and Land by Daniel A. Selvidge
		Cryptovolans pauli (top) vs. Omnivoropteryx sinousaorum by Brad McFeeters
		a flying, four-winged Microraptor (Cryptovolans) pauli by Luc J. Bailly
	dino.lm.com /taxa/display.php?name=Cryptovolans (62 words)

	The Panda's Thumb: New Archaeopteryx fossil provides further insight into bird, dinosaur evolution
		I think it is kind of funny that Archaeopteryx is still referred to as the earliest known bird species.
		What makes Archaeopteryx a better bird than Microraptor gui or Cryptovolans (on an aside, has C. pauli been reclassified as a synonym for Microraptor?)?
		Microraptor/Cryptovolans has an uncinate process on its ribs which is present in all modern birds, but missing in Archaeopteryx as far as I know.
	www.pandasthumb.org /archives/2005/12/new_archaeopter.html (7799 words)

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