Xinjiangovenator

Xinjiang hunter

• Xinjiang · Chinese (place name) · the region of northwestern China where it was found
• venator · Latin · hunter

The name combines Xinjiang, the region of northwestern China where the fossils were found, with the Latin word for "hunter". It marks the animal as a predatory theropod from Xinjiang. The type species, X. parvus, was originally described as a species of Phaedrolosaurus, and its species name means "small".

Named by

Rauhut and Xu

Year named

2005

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Lianmuqin Formation, Xinjiang, China

A small theropod known from fragmentary remains. It was named for the species originally called Phaedrolosaurus parvus. Its exact position within Theropoda is uncertain.