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Sinovenator
Sinovenator
- Pronunciation:
- sien-oh-vee-nay-tor
- Name meaning:
- 'Chinese hunter'

© Berislav Krzic
- Type of dinosaur:
- small theropod
- Length:
- 1.0m
- Diet:
- carnivorous
- When it lived:
- Early Cretaceous, 127-121 million years ago
- Found in:
- China
A partial skeleton and skulls of Sinvenator have been found.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Paraves, Eumaniraptoria, Troodontidae
- Named by:
- Xu, Norell, Wang, Makovicky and Wu (2002)
- Type species:
- changii

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