Phuwiangvenator

Foo-we-ang-ven-ah-tor.
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Name

Phuwiangvenator ‭(‬Phu Wiang hunter‭)‬.

Phonetic

Foo-we-ang-ven-ah-tor.

Named By

A.‭ ‬Samathi,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Chanthasit‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Sander‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Megaraptora.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

P.‭ ‬yaemniyomi‭

Size

Tibia of holotype individual roughly about 66 centimetres long. Total body estimate roughly up to 5.5 meters long.

Known locations

Thailand‭ ‬-‭ ‬Sao Khua Formation.

Time Period

Barremian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial post cranial remains including vertebrae and leg bones.

In Depth

       Phuwiangvenator is a genus of megaraptoran dinosaur that hunted in what is now Thailand during the Early Cretaceous.‭ ‬Phuwiangvenator was named alongside another theropod dinosaur called Vayuraptor,‭ ‬also present in the Sao Khua Formation.‭ ‬Care should be taken not to confuse Phuwiangvenator with Phuwiangosaurus,‭ ‬a titanosaurian dinosaur known from the same formation as Phuwiangvenator.‭ ‬Other dinosaurs from the Sao Khua Formation include Kinnareemimus,‭ ‬Siamosaurus and Siamotyrannus.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Two new basal coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation of Thailand.‭ ‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica‭ ‬64‭(‬2‭)‬:239-260.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Samathi,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Chanthasit‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Sander‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

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