Liaoningvenator
Liaoningvenator was a small, feathered dinosaur that lived in what is now China. It was a fast runner and used its sharp teeth and claws to catch prey. Scientists think it was a troodontid, a group of smart, bird-like dinosaurs.51
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Liaoningvenator was named in 2017 from a nearly complete skeleton found in the Yixian Formation in China.1
It lived about 125 to 119 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.5
This dinosaur was about 1 to 2 meters (3 to 6.5 feet) long, based on its complete skeleton.1
Liaoningvenator had a special feature: its tail vertebrae changed shape starting from the seventh tail bone, which is different from other troodontids.1
Scientists studied its bones and found that Liaoningvenator was at least four years old when it died and was almost fully grown.1
It is the fifth troodontid dinosaur discovered in the Early Cretaceous rocks of western Liaoning, China.1
Most asked questions about Liaoningvenator
?How big was Liaoningvenator?
It was very small, about 69 cm long from head to tail tip.3
?Did Liaoningvenator have feathers?
Yes, it was a feathered dinosaur, like many other troodontids from China.4
?What did Liaoningvenator eat?
It ate small animals, using its sharp teeth and claws to catch prey.3
?When did Liaoningvenator live?
It lived about 125 to 119 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.3
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- Scientific name
- Liaoningvenator
- Named by
- Shen et al. 20175
- Group
- Raptors
- Family / clade
- Troodontidae5
- Classification
- Theropoda > Troodontidae5
- Age of the rocks
- 126 to 120 million years (Barremian / Aptian)5
- Rock formations
- Yixian5
- Countries
- China5
- Fossil records
- 1 in the Paleobiology Database5
- Discovery
- Liaoningvenator was named by Shen Caizhi and colleagues in 2017 based on a complete skeleton found in the Yixian Formation near Beipiao City, Liaoning Province, China.1
- Still debated
- Scientists are not sure whether Liaoningvenator was a carnivore or an omnivore, as the fossil record lists both diets.5
Where the facts come from
- cagsbulletin.com (cagsbulletin.com)
- Liaoningvenator curriei | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
- Liaoningvenator (en.m.wikipedia.org)
- Paleo Profile: The Liaoning Hunter | Scientific American (scientificamerican.com)
- Liaoningvenator in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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