Dracovenator facts for kids
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Dracovenator was a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in southern Africa during the Lower Jurassic period, about 185 million years ago. It is closely related to Dilophosaurus, and may have sported a pair of crests like it.
Its name means "Dragon hunter". It was given this name because dinosaurs are similar to the dragons of mythology, and it was a carnivore, so it was probably a hunter.
Dracovenator was a large carnivore, about 23 feet long. It is the first large meat-eating dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Africa to be discovered. Dracovenator was described and named in 2006, based on a hand claw, an upper jaw with teeth, vertebrae, pelvis bones, ribs, and foot bones. There is one named species, Dracovenator regenti. Dracovenator was discovered in the upper Elliot Formation in South Africa.
Images for kids
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Drawing of the known skull bones. Scale bar equals 10 cm.
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Juvenile Dracovenator regenti snout on display at the Royal Ontario Museum
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Life reconstruction of Dracovenator regenti
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holotype BP/1/5243
See also
In Spanish: Dracovenator regenti para niños
