Phuwiangvenator foo-WENGVIHNⱭːTUHR
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Phuwiangvenator 6 m (19.7 ft) long
as long as 4 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 6 m (19.7 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
- Place
- Thailand
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Phuwiangvenator () is an extinct genus of megaraptoran theropod that lived during the Early Cretaceous period in what is now Thailand. It contains only the type species, P. yaemniyomi. The generic name of Phuwiangvenator comes from the Phu Wiang mountains, where the holotype was discovered, and the Latin word “venator” meaning hunter. The specific name, “yaemniyomi”, is in honor of Sudham Yaemniyom, who was a historical paleontologist from Thailand and the first person to discover fossils there.
What we know
- Named by Samathi et al., 2019.
- Body length estimated at about 6 m.
- Fossils found in Thailand.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Phuwiangvenator — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.