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Troodontidae

Sinovenator

"Chinese hunter"

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Sinovenator 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Sinovenator
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (125 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Troodontidae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Small, brainy, feathered theropods.

Sinovenator (meaning “Chinese hunter”) is a genus of troodontid dinosaur from China. It is from the early Cretaceous Period.

What we know

  • Named by Xu et al., 2002.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Sinovenator — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.