Fujianvenator prodigiosus
"Fujian hunter"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Fujianvenator 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (150.2–149.9 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
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.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Fujianvenator — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.