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sharp-clawed runner
Sinovenator
Say it like this: “sien-oh-vee-nay-tor”
Sinovenator changii
Sinovenator ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 2002 · Xu, X.; Norell, M. A.; Wang, X. L.; Makovicky, P. J.; Wu, X. C.
- Hip height
- 0.3 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- 27 kg · 60 lb
- Found in
- China · Yixian
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Sinovenatorinae
The story in short
The genus Sinovenator dates to 2002, the year X. Xu and colleagues described it. The name means “chinese hunter.”
Fossils referred to Sinovenator date to the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Yixian Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Sinovenator at a length near 1 m, hips about 0.3 m high, and a body mass around 27 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Sinovenatorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.