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Phuwiangvenator
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phuwiangvenator (/fuˈwɛŋvɪnɑːtər/) is an extinct genus of megaraptoran theropod that lived during the Early Cretaceous period in what is now Thailand. It contains only the type species, P. yaemniyomi. The generic name of Phuwiangvenator comes from the Phu Wiang mountains, where the holotype was discovered, and the Latin word "venator" meaning hunter. The specific name, "yaemniyomi", is in honor of Sudham Yaemniyom, who was a historical paleontologist from Thailand and the first person to discover fossils there.[2]
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Phuwiangvenator | |
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The finger bones of the holotype of Phuwiangvenator | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | †Megaraptora |
Genus: | †Phuwiangvenator Samathi et al., 2019 |
Type species | |
†Phuwiangvenator yaemniyomi Samathi et al., 2019 |
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