Sinraptor sihn-RAPTER
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Sinraptor 8.8 m (28.9 ft) long
6 people holding hands
- Length
- 8.8 m (28.9 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (160 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Metriacanthosauridae
Sinraptor () is a genus of metriacanthosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Shishugou Formation China. Sinraptor and its close relatives were among the earliest members of the Jurassic carnosaurian radiation. Sinraptor still remains the best-known member of the family Metriacanthosauridae, with some older sources even using the name “Sinraptoridae” for the family.
What we know
- Named by Currie and Zhao, 1994.
- Body length estimated at about 8.8 m.
- Fossils found in China.