Juravenator
Juravenator
- Pronunciation:
- ju-rah-ve-nay-tor
- Name meaning:
- 'Jura (Bavarian mountains) hunter'
© J.Parish
- Type of dinosaur:
- small theropod
- Length:
- 0.8m
- Diet:
- carnivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Jurassic, 154-151 million years ago
- Found in:
- Germany
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.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Tetanurae, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Compsognathidae
- Named by:
- Göhlich & Chiappe (2006)
- Type species:
- starki
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