Panguraptor

Pan-gu-rap-tor.
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Lilah Turner

Evolutionary Biologist

Lilah Turner investigates how prehistoric animals adapted to changing environments, offering insights into evolution's mechanisms.

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Name

Panguraptor ‭(‬Pangu thief‭)‬.

Phonetic

Pan-gu-rap-tor.

Named By

Hai-Lu You,‭ ‬Yoichi Azuma,‭ ‬Tao Wang,‭ ‬Ya-Ming Wang‭ & ‬Zhi-Ming Dong‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬DInosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Coelophysidae,‭ ‬Coelophysinae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

P.‭ ‬lufengensis‭

Size

Roughly about‭ ‬1.7‭ ‬meters long for holotype individual.

Known locations

China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lufeng Formation.

Time Period

Early Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Partial remains.

In Depth

       Panguraptor is the first genus of coelophysid dinosaur discovered on the Asian continent.‭ ‬Panguraptor was a small predator that would have hunted small animals.‭ ‬Panguraptor was also the second definitive dinosaur genus named from the Lufeng Formation,‭ ‬the first being Sinosaurus.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬The first well-preserved coelophysoid theropod dinosaur from Asia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Zootaxa‭ ‬3873‭ (‬3‭)‬:‭ ‬233‭–‬249.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Hai-Lu You,‭ ‬Yoichi Azuma,‭ ‬Tao Wang,‭ ‬Ya-Ming Wang‭ & ‬Zhi-Ming Dong‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.

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