Siamraptor

Siam robber (Thai plunderer)

• Siam · Thai/Latinised place name · historical name of Thailand
• raptor · Latin · robber, plunderer

The name combines "Siam", the historical name of Thailand, with the Latin word "raptor", meaning robber or plunderer. It refers to the country where the fossils were found and to the animal's life as a large predatory theropod. The type species, S. suwati, honours Suwat Liptapanlop, who supported fossil work in the region.

Named by

Chokchaloemwong et al.

Year named

2019

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Aptian

Found in

Khok Kruat Formation, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand

A large theropod usually classified as a basal member of Carcharodontosauria (Allosauroidea). It is known from fragmentary, partly disarticulated remains of several individuals. Its type species is Siamraptor suwati.