FUJIANVENATOR
an anchiornithid theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China.
Pronunciation:
Meaning: Fujian hunter
Author/s: Xu
et al. (
2023)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Fujian, China
Discovery Chart Position: #1100
Fujianvenator prodigiosus
(Bizarre Fujian Hunter)Etymology
Fujianvenator is derived from "Fujian" (for Fujian Province, where the holotype was discovered) and the Latin "venator" (hunter).
The
species epithet,
prodigiosus, means "bizarre" in Latin.
Discovery
The remains of
Fujianvenator were discovered in the Nanyuan Formation near Yangyuan Village, Zhenghe County, Fujian Province, China, during joint expeditions by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and
Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey (FIGS), in October and November of 2022.
The
holotype (IVPP V31985) is a partial articulated skeleton preserved on a slab and counterslab.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Tithonian
Age range: 149-145 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Carnivore
Anchiornithidae
Fujianvenator
prodigiosus
References
• Xu L, Wang M, Chen R, Dong L, Lin M, Xu X, Tang J, You H, Zhou G, Wang L, He W, Li Y, Zhang C and Zhou Z (2023) "A new avialan theropod from an emerging Jurassic terrestrial fauna".
Nature, 621(7978): 336–343. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06513-7.
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