Genus
Valid Extinct

Juravenator

Göhlich and Chiappe 2006
Etymology Chasseur du Jura

Juravenator is a genus of tetanuran theropod dinosaur which lived about 152 or 151 million years ago in modern day Franconian Jura of Germany during the Late Jurassic. It is known from a single, juvenile specimen measuring about 75 cm (2.46 ft) in length.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Juravenator
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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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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Juravenator Genus
Measurements
Length
0,74 m ⓘ
Juravenator starki
0,8 m ⓘ
Mass
0,25 kg ⓘ
Juravenator starki
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Geological formations
Painten
1
Temporal distribution
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Juravenator starki 152 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
U. B. Göhlich and L. M. Chiappe. 2006. A new carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen archipelago. Nature 440:329-332 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
U. B. Göhlich and L. M. Chiappe. 2006. A new carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen archipelago. Nature 440:329-332 DOI ↗