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Juravenator
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Juravenator was the second non-avian (not bird-like) theropod (small meat-eating dinosaur) to be found in the region of Solnhofen. The type specimen shows impressions of scaly skin along the tail.
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- Pronounced
- ju-rah-ve-nay-tor
- Meaning of name
- Jura (Bavarian mountains) hunter
- Length
- 0.8m
- Diet
- carnivorous
- When it lived
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Late Jurassic
(154 - 151 million years ago) - Found in
- Germany
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Coelurosauria, Compsognathidae, Juravenator
- Named by
- Göhlich & Chiappe (2006)
- Type species
- starki