Phuwiangvenator

Phu Wiang hunter

• Phu Wiang · Thai (place name) · the Phu Wiang area/mountain in Khon Kaen Province, Thailand
• venator · Latin · hunter

The name combines Phu Wiang, the hilly area in Khon Kaen Province, northeastern Thailand, where the fossils were found, with the Latin word for "hunter". It refers to the animal as a predatory theropod from the Phu Wiang area. The type species is P. yingyongi.

Named by

Samathi et al.

Year named

2019

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Barremian

Found in

Sao Khua Formation, Phu Wiang, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand

A medium-sized carnivorous theropod, generally classified as a megaraptoran (a group of Cretaceous theropods, possibly tyrannosauroids or coelurosaurs depending on the analysis). It is one of the first megaraptorans described from Asia. The exact age within the Early Cretaceous of the Sao Khua Formation is debated.