Fujianvenator prodigiosus Fujianvenator
"Fujian hunter"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Fujianvenator 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (150.2–149.9 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Fujianvenator (meaning “Fujian hunter”) is an extinct genus of anchiornithid theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Nanyuan Formation of Fujian Province, China. The genus contains a single species, F. prodigiosus, known from a partial articulated skeleton. It is suggested to possibly have had a terrestrial or wading lifestyle.
What we know
- Named by Xu et al., 2023.
- Fossils found in China.