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Xinjiangovenator (meaning "Xinjiang hunter") is a genus of coelurosaurian dinosaur of the Valanginian to Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous period. Its remains were found in the Lianmugin Formation of Wuerho, Xinjiang, China, and were first described by Dong Zhiming. Based on IVPP 4024-2, an articulated partial right leg, it was originally thought to be a new specimen of Phaedrolosaurus.[1] However, Phaedrolosaurus is based only on teeth, so the hindlimb bones were given their own genus by Rauhut and Xu in 2005. It may be related to Bagaraatan.[2]
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- ^ Dong, Zhiming (1973). "[Dinosaurs from Wuerho]" (in Chinese). Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academic Sinica 11: 45–52.
- ^ Rauhut, Oliver W.M.; and Xu, Xing (2005). "The small theropod dinosaurs Tugulusaurus and Phaedrolosaurus from the Early Cretaceous of Xinjiang, China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (1): 107–118. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0107:TSTDTA]2.0.CO;2.
