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sharp-clawed runner
Panguraptor
Say it like this: “PAN-goo-RAP-tuh”
Panguraptor lufengensis
Panguraptor ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2014 · You, H. L.; Azuma, Y.; Wang, T.; Wang, Y. M.; Dong, Z. M.
- Hip height
- 0.5 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- 30 kg · 66 lb
- Found in
- China · Lufeng
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Coelophysoidea
The story in short
The genus Panguraptor dates to 2014, the year H. L. You and colleagues described it. The name means “pangu plunderer.”
It lived in the Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian), roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Lufeng Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Panguraptor at a length near 2 m, hips about 0.5 m high, and a body mass around 30 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Coelophysoidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Dracoraptor
Dracoraptor hanigani
Early Jurassic (Hettangian) · roughly 201.4 to 199.5 million years ago
Lophostropheus
Lophostropheus airelensis
Late Triassic · Early Jurassic (Rhaetian · Hettangian) · roughly 205.7 to 199.5 million years ago
Pendraig
Pendraig milnerae
Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian) · roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago