Sinovenator
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| Sinovenator changiae Xu, et al, 2002 |
Sinovenator was a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period. Its fossils have been found in China. The type specimen, Sinovenator changiae, was described by Xu, Norell, Wang, Makovicky and Wu in 2002. Their description was based on a partly-complete skeleton. Sinovenator was a theropod, specifically a troodontid. Scientists were excited to find that some of its bones were similar to the bones of dromaeosaurids, showing that both types of small meat-eating dinosaurs are closely related. Its body was about the size of a chicken, and it had a long, thin tail. It probably had a feather-like covering, but the fossils found so far don't preserve any soft tissues.
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