| Dracovenator Temporal range: Early Jurassic |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Dilophosauridae |
| Genus: | †Dracovenator Yates, 2006 |
| Species: | †D. 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 basal theropods Dilophosaurus and Zupaysaurus in this analysis. Only a partial skull has been recovered.
Dracovenator is estimated to have measured between 5.5 and 6.5 meters (18 and 21 feet) in length.[1]