Sinraptor
Sinraptor dongi
Sinraptor () is a genus of metriacanthosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Shishugou Formation China. Sinraptor and its close relatives were among the earliest members of the Jurassic carnosaurian radiation. Sinraptor still remains the best-known member of the family Metriacanthosauridae, with some older sources even using the name "Sinraptoridae" for the family.
- Family
- Sinraptoridae
- Order
- Saurischia
- Period
- Jurassic (161.0–155.0 Ma)
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- 7.0–8.5 m
- Weight
- 1.3–1.8 t
- Type locality
- Shishugou Formation, Xinjiang, China
- Holotype
- IVPP V10600
- PBDB
- txn:54820