Dracovenator
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| Dracovenator regenti Yates, 2006 |
Dracovenator is the name of a genus of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic. It was a theropod which lived in what is now South Africa.
The type species, Dracovenator regenti, was formally described by A.M. Yates in 2006. The genus name is a contraction of the Latin draco, "dragon", and venator, "hunter". Found in the Elliot Formation, it was according to a first cladistic analysis forming a clade with the, in this analysis, basal theropods Dilophosaurus and Zupaysaurus. Only a partial skull has been recovered.
[edit] References
- Yates, A.M. 2006 (for 2005). "A new theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and its implications for the early evolution of theropods." Palaeontologia africana, 41: 105-122.
