Vayuraptor

Va-yu-rap-tor.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Vayuraptor ‭(‬Wind raptor‭)‬.

Phonetic

Va-yu-rap-tor.

Named By

A.‭ ‬Samathi,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Chanthasit‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Sander‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Coelurosauria.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

V.‭ ‬nongbualamphuensis‭

Size

Tibia od holotype roughly about 52 centimetres long. Body length rougly between 4 and 4.5 meters long.

Known locations

Thailand‭ ‬-‭ ‬Sao Khua Formation.

Time Period

Barremian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial post cranial remains including shoulder,‭ ‬ribs and leg bones.

In Depth

       Vayuraptor is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived in Thailand during the Early Cretaceous.‭ ‬With the first fossils of the genus being discovered in the Sao Khua Fomation,‭ ‬Vayuraptor possibly shared its habitat with the dinosaurs Phuwiangvenator‭ (‬which was also named in the same paper as Vayuraptor‭)‬,‭ ‬Kinnareemimus,‭ ‬Siamosaurus,‭ ‬Siamotyrannus and Phuwiangosaurus.‭

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Two new basal coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation of Thailand.‭ ‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica‭ ‬64‭(‬2‭)‬:239-260.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Samathi,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Chanthasit‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Sander‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

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