Genus
Valid Extinct

Sinovenator

Xu et al. 2002

Sinovenator is a genus of troodontid dinosaur from China. It is from the early Cretaceous Period.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore, omnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Sinovenator
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Skeleton of Sinovenator on display at the Tianjin Natural History Museum. © Jonathan Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Troodontidae Family
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Sinovenatorinae Subfamily
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Sinovenator Genus
Measurements
Length
1,3 m ⓘ
Sinovenator changii 
1 m ⓘ
Mass
7 kg ⓘ
Sinovenator changii 
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
4
Geological formations
Yixian
4
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
4
Species (1)
Sinovenator changii 126 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
X. Xu, M. A. Norell, and X.-l. Wang, P. J. Makovicky, X.-c. Wu. 2002. A basal troodontid from the Early Cretaceous of China. Nature 415:780-784 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
H. Zhang, D. Yu, and Y. Feng, R. Pei, C.-F. Zhou. 2022. A Lujiatun-like dinosaurian assemblage from the Jehol Biota of Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia, Northeast China. Acta Paleontologica Polonica 67(3):617-621 DOI ↗
Y.-L. Yin, R. Pei, and C.-F. Zhou. 2018. Cranial morphology of Sinovenator changii (Theropoda: Troodontidae) on the new material from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. PeerJ 6:e4977:1-42 DOI ↗
X. Xu, M. A. Norell, and X.-l. Wang, P. J. Makovicky, X.-c. Wu. 2002. A basal troodontid from the Early Cretaceous of China. Nature 415:780-784 DOI ↗