Panguraptor
Name:
Panguraptor
(Pangu thief).
Phonetic: Pan-gu-rap-tor.
Named By: Hai-Lu You, Yoichi Azuma, Tao Wang,
Ya-Ming Wang & Zhi-Ming Dong - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, DInosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Coelophysidae, Coelophysinae.
Species: P. lufengensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Roughly about 1.7 meters long for holotype
individual.
Known locations: China - Lufeng Formation.
Time period: Early Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Panguraptor is the first genus of coelophysid dinosaur discovered on the Asian continent. Panguraptor was a small predator that would have hunted small animals. Panguraptor was also the second definitive dinosaur genus named from the Lufeng Formation, the first being Sinosaurus.
Further reading
- The first well-preserved coelophysoid theropod dinosaur from Asia.
- Zootaxa 3873 (3): 233–249. - Hai-Lu You, Yoichi
Azuma, Tao Wang, Ya-Ming Wang & Zhi-Ming Dong - 2014.
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