Phuwiangvenator

Say it: foo-WEE-ang-ven-AY-tor

Name means: “hunter of Phu Wiang”1

Ate: MeatMeat-eating dinosEarly Cretaceous

Phuwiangvenator was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Thailand during the Early Cretaceous. It was a fast hunter with big claws on its hands and feet. Scientists think it was about 6 metres long, as long as a big car.1 2

Lived

126 to 121 million years ago3

Early Cretaceous

Fossils found in

Phu Wiang Mountain, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand1 2

Food

Meat3 2

Length

6 m1

estimate

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

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Phuwiangvenator belongs to a group of theropods called Megaraptora, which had long snouts and big claws.1

The first fossil of Phuwiangvenator was found in 1993 by a team led by Preecha Sainongkham, who worked at the Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum.2

Its name honors Sudham Yaemniyom, the geologist who found the first dinosaur bone in Thailand in 1976.1

The fossils were discovered in the Sao Khua Formation, which is made of red clay and sandstone from an ancient floodplain.1 2

Phuwiangvenator lived about 125 to 120 million years ago, during the Barremian age of the Early Cretaceous.2 3

The holotype skeleton includes parts of the backbone, hand bones, leg bones, and foot bones, but no skull has been found yet.1 2

AI-made picture of Phuwiangvenator — An AI-made picture of how Phuwiangvenator might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Phuwiangvenator

?How big was Phuwiangvenator?

About 6 metres (20 feet) long, as long as a big car.2 1

?What did Phuwiangvenator eat?

It was a meat-eater, or carnivore. It likely hunted other animals with its big claws.2

?When did Phuwiangvenator live?

It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 125 to 120 million years ago.2

?Where was Phuwiangvenator found?

Its fossils were discovered in the Phu Wiang mountains in Khon Kaen province, Thailand.2 1

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Scientific name: Phuwiangvenator
Named by: Samathi et al. 20193
Group: Meat-eating dinos
Family / clade: Megaraptora3
Classification: Theropoda > Megaraptora3
Age of the rocks: 126 to 121 million years (Barremian)3
Rock formations: Sao Khua3
Countries: Thailand3
Fossil records: 2 in the Paleobiology Database3
Discovery: Phuwiangvenator was named in 2019 by Adun Samathi, Phornphen Chanthasit, and P. Martin Sander. The fossils were found in 1993 by Preecha Sainongkham at Phu Wiang Mountain in Thailand.1 2
Still debated: Scientists are not sure exactly how Phuwiangvenator is related to other megaraptorans. Some think all Asian megaraptorans might form a single group, but more fossils are needed to know for sure.1

Where the facts come from

app005402018 (app.pan.pl)
Phuwiangvenator (en.wikipedia.org)
Phuwiangvenator in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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