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JURAVENATOR
(jooh-ah-ven-ah-tor)
meaning: "Jura hunter"
Juravenator
Named By: Gohlich & Chiappe in 2006
Time Period: Late Jurassic, 151.5 Ma
Location: Germany, Jura Mountains
Size: 70 centimetres long
Diet: Carnivore/Insectivore
Fossil(s): Single specimen of a juvenile, and a skin impression
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Coelurosauria | Compsognathidae |
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Juravenator is a genus of small (75 cm long) coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur, which lived in the area which would someday become the Jura mountains of Germany, about 151 or 152 million years ago. It is known from a single, juvenile specimen.

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