Dracovenator
Dracovenator regenti
Dracovenator () is a genus of neotheropod dinosaur that lived approximately 201 to 199 million years ago during the early part of the Jurassic period in what is now South Africa. Dracovenator was a medium-sized, moderately built, ground-dwelling, bipedal carnivore, that could grow up to an estimated 5.5–6.5 metres (18–21 ft) in length and 250 kilograms (550 lb) in body mass. Its type specimen was based on only a partial skull that was recovered.
- Family
- Dilophosauridae
- Order
- Saurischia
- Period
- Jurassic (201.3–196.5 Ma)
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- 5.0–6.0 m
- Weight
- 200–400 kg
- Type locality
- Elliot Formation, Free State, South Africa
- Holotype
- BP/1/5243
- PBDB
- txn:108768