Hypnovenator matsubaraetoheorum Hypnovenator

"sleep hunter"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall

Hypnovenator 5 m (16.4 ft) long

3 people holding hands

Length: 5 m (16.4 ft)
Period: Early Cretaceous (112.1–106.4 Mya)
Place: Japan
Food: Carnivore
Clade: Troodontidae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria

Hypnovenator (meaning “sleep hunter”) is an extinct genus of troodontid theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) Ohyamashimo Formation of Japan. The genus contains a single species, Hypnovenator matsubaraetoheorum, known from a partial skeleton. Hypnovenator is the only troodontid currently known from Japan, and it represents the oldest definitive member of the subgroup Troodontinae.

What we know

Named by Kubota, Kobayashi & Ikeda, 2024.
Fossils found in Japan.