Xinjiangovenator

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iXinjiangovenator
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Coelurosauria
Superfamily:  ?Tyrannosauroidea
Genus: Xinjiangovenator
Species: X. parvus
Binomial name
Xinjiangovenator parvus
Rauhut & Xu, 2005

Xinjiangovenator was a coelurosaurian dinosaur genus of the Valanginian to Albian stages of the Cretaceous period. It lived in China. It was originally thought to be a new specimen of Phaedrolosaurus. It may be related to Bagaraatan, and therefore a tyrannosaur.

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