Xinjiangovenator

Taxobox
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
name = "Xinjiangovenator"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
infraordo = Coelurosauria
unranked_familia = Maniraptora
genus = "Xinjiangovenator"
genus_authority=Rauhut & Xu, 2005
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"X. parvus" Rauhut & Xu, 2005 (type)

"Xinjiangovenator" (meaning "Xinjiang hunter") is a genus of coelurosaurian dinosaur of the Valanginian to Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous period. Its remains were found in the Lianmugin Formation of Wuerho, Xinjiang, China, and were first described by Dong Zhiming. Based on IVPP 4024-2, an articulated partial right leg, it was originally thought to be a new specimen of "Phaedrolosaurus".cite journal |last=Dong |first=Zhiming |authorlink=Dong Zhiming |year=1973 |title= [Dinosaurs from Wuerho] |journal=Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academic Sinica |volume=11 |pages=45–52 |language=Chinese] However, "Phaedrolosaurus" is based only on teeth, so the hindlimb bones were given their own genus by Rauhut and Xu in 2005. It may be related to "Bagaraatan".cite journal |last=Rauhut |first=Oliver W.M. |coauthors=and Xu, Xing |year=2005 |title=The small theropod dinosaurs "Tugulusaurus" and "Phaedrolosaurus" from the Early Cretaceous of Xinjiang, China |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=107–118 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025 [0107:TSTDTA] 2.0.CO;2 |doilabel=10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0107:TSTDTA]2.0.CO;2]

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