Fujianvenator

Fujianvenator; Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	Maniraptoriformes
Clade:	Maniraptora
Clade:	Pennaraptora
Clade:	Paraves
Family:	†Anchiornithidae
Genus:	†Fujianvenator; Xu et al., 2023
Species:	†F. prodigiosus
Binomial name
	†Fujianvenator prodigiosus; Xu et al., 2023

Fujianvenator (meaning "Fujian hunter") is an extinct genus of anchiornithid theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Nanyuan Formation of Fujian Province, China. The genus contains a single species, F. prodigiosus, known from a partial articulated skeleton. It is suggested to possibly have had a terrestrial or wading lifestyle.^[1]

^ Xu, Liming; Wang, Min; Chen, Runsheng; Dong, Liping; Lin, Min; Xu, Xing; Tang, Jianrong; You, Hailu; Zhou, Guowu; Wang, Linchang; He, Wenxing; Li, Yujuan; Zhang, Chi; Zhou, Zhonghe (2023-09-06). "A new avialan theropod from an emerging Jurassic terrestrial fauna". Nature. 621 (7978): 336–343. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06513-7. ISSN 1476-4687.

[Fujianvenator-1] Xu, Liming; Wang, Min; Chen, Runsheng; Dong, Liping; Lin, Min; Xu, Xing; Tang, Jianrong; You, Hailu; Zhou, Guowu; Wang, Linchang; He, Wenxing; Li, Yujuan; Zhang, Chi; Zhou, Zhonghe (2023-09-06). "A new avialan theropod from an emerging Jurassic terrestrial fauna". Nature. 621 (7978): 336–343. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06513-7. ISSN 1476-4687.

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