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Xinjiangovenator is known only from a single partial right lower leg, including the tibia, fibula, and ankle bones.1
Its lower leg (tibia plus ankle bones) was 31.2 centimetres (12.3 inches) long.1
The name Xinjiangovenator means 'Xinjiang hunter' after the region of Xinjiang in China.1
It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, between about 137 and 100 million years ago.3
Xinjiangovenator was a coelurosaur, a group of theropod dinosaurs that includes birds.1
The bones were first thought to belong to another dinosaur called Phaedrolosaurus, but later scientists realized they were a new species.1
Most asked questions about Xinjiangovenator
?How big was Xinjiangovenator?
Scientists estimate it was about 3 metres (9.8 feet) long and weighed about 70 kilograms (154 pounds).1
?What did Xinjiangovenator eat?
It was a meat-eating dinosaur, so it probably hunted small animals. Its sharp claws helped catch prey.3
?When did Xinjiangovenator live?
It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, between about 137 and 100 million years ago.1
?Why is Xinjiangovenator only known from a leg?
Scientists have only found one partial right lower leg bone, so that's all we have to study this dinosaur.1
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For dino experts
- Scientific name
- Xinjiangovenator
- Named by
- Rauhut and Xu 20053
- Group
- Meat-eating dinos
- Family / clade
- Coelurosauria3
- Classification
- Theropoda3
- Age of the rocks
- 137 to 100 million years (Valanginian / Albian)3
- Rock formations
- Lianmuqin3
- Countries
- China3
- Fossil records
- 1 in the Paleobiology Database3
- Discovery
- The bones were first described by Dong Zhiming in 1973, but were named Xinjiangovenator parvus by Oliver Rauhut and Xu Xing in 2005.1
- Still debated
- Scientists are not sure exactly where Xinjiangovenator fits on the dinosaur family tree, but it may be related to another theropod called Bagaraatan.2
Where the facts come from
- Xinjiangovenator (en.wikipedia.org)
- THE SMALL THEROPOD DINOSAURS TUGULUSAURUS AND PHAEDROLOSAURUS FROM THE EARLY CRETACEOUS OF XINJIANG, CHINA (ivpp.cas.cn)
- Xinjiangovenator in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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