SINOVENATOR
a meat-eating troodontid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China.
Pronunciation: SIEN-o-VEN-uh-tuh
Meaning: Chinese hunter
Author/s: Xu
et al. (
2002)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Liaoning Province, China
Discovery Chart Position: #507
Sinovenator changii
(Chang's Chinese hunter)Etymology
Sinovenator is derived from the Latin "sinae" (an old name for China) and "venator" (hunter).
The
species epithet,
changii, honors Meeman Chang of the IVPP for
her signifcant role in the study of the Jehol fauna. Because Chang is a female researcher, the epithet should have been "changae", but it can't be
changaed now. Boom boom.
Discovery
The remains of
Sinovenator were discovered in the Yixian Formation at Lujiatun Village, Shangyuan, Beipiao City, Liaoning Province, China.
The
holotype (IVPP V 12615) is a disarticulated partial skull and
skeleton, and a partial skeleton (IVPP V 12583) is a referred specimen.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Hauterivian
Age range: 136-130 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: 1 meters
Est. max. hip height: 0.3 meters
Est. max. weight: 5 Kg
Diet: Carnivore
Sinovenatorinae
Sinovenator
changii
References
• Xu X, Norell MA, Wang X-L, Makovicky PJ and Wu X-C (2002) "A basal troodontid from the Early Cretaceous of China".
Nature, 415: 780-784. DOI: 10.1038/415780a.
• Paul GS (2010) "
The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs".
Yin Y-L, Pei R and Zhou C-F (2018). "Cranial morphology of
Sinovenator changii (Theropoda: Troodontidae) on the new material from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China". PeerJ, 6: e4977.
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4977.
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