Phuwiangvenator
Named for the Phu Wiang mountains in Thailand where the holotype was discovered, combined with Latin 'venator' meaning 'hunter'.
Phuwiangvenator is an extinct genus of megaraptoran theropod that lived during the Early Cretaceous period in what is now Thailand. It contains only the type species, P. yaemniyomi. The generic name of Phuwiangvenator comes from the Phu Wiang mountains, where the holotype was discovered, and the Latin word "venator" meaning hunter. The specific name, "yaemniyomi", is in honor of Sudham Yaemniyom, who was a historical paleontologist from Thailand and the first person to discover fossils there.
Diagnosis
- Short sulci on sacral vertebrae ventrally along anterior and posterior centrum parts
- Anterior rim of metatarsal IV slopes proximolaterally to distomedially with distomedial corner much lower than metatarsal III
Species
Phuwiangvenator yaemniyomi Samathi et al., 2019
Type species
Named for Sudham Yaemniyom, a historical paleontologist from Thailand and the first person to discover dinosaur fossils there.
- Holotype
- SM-PW9B , Sirindhorn Museum
- Material
- Partial skeleton
- Horizon
- Sao Khua Formation, Valanginian–Hauterivian, Early Cretaceous , 137.1–125.8 million years ago
- Locality
- Phu Wiang Site 9B, Khon Kaen, Thailand
References
- Samathi, A.; Chanthasit, P.; Sander, P. (2019). Two new basal coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation of Thailand. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64. Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Paleobiologii (Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences). doi:10.4202/app.00540.2018 samathi2019a