Genus
Valid Extinct

Panguraptor

You et al. 2014

Panguraptor is a genus of coelophysoid theropod dinosaur known from fossils discovered in Lower Jurassic rocks of southern China. The type and only known species is Panguraptor lufengensis. The generic name refers to the deity Pangu but also to the supercontinent Pangaea for which in a geological context the same characters are used: 盘古. Raptor means "seizer", "robber" in Latin. The specific name is a reference to the Lufeng Formation. It was described in 2014 by You Hai-Lu and colleagues.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Panguraptor
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Skull diagram of Panguraptor lufengensis illustrating known material. Scale bar is 1 cm. © IJReid · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Panguraptor
Panguraptor
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Coelophysoidea Superfamily
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Coelophysidae Family
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Panguraptor Genus
Measurements
Length
1,65 m ⓘ
Panguraptor lufengensis
Mass
6,5 kg ⓘ
Panguraptor lufengensis
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Lufeng
1
Temporal distribution
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Panguraptor lufengensis 201 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
H.-L. You, Y. Azuma, and T. Wang, Y.-M. Wang, Z.-M. Dong. 2014. The first well-preserved coelophysoid theropod dinosaur from Asia. Zootaxa 3873(3):233-249 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
H.-L. You, Y. Azuma, and T. Wang, Y.-M. Wang, Z.-M. Dong. 2014. The first well-preserved coelophysoid theropod dinosaur from Asia. Zootaxa 3873(3):233-249 DOI ↗