| Xinjiangovenator Temporal range: Early Cretaceous |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Node: | Maniraptoriformes |
| Branch: | Maniraptora |
| Genus: | †Xinjiangovenator Rauhut & Xu, 2005 |
| Species: | †X. parvus Rauhut & Xu, 2005 |
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 Lianmuqin 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]