| Named By: | Xing Xu, Mark A. Norell, XiaoinLin Wang, Peter J. Makovicky & XiaoinChun Wu in 2002 |
| Time Period: | Early Cretaceous, 125 Ma |
| Location: | China - Yixian Formation |
| Size: | Just under a meter long |
| Diet: | Carnivore |
| Fossil(s): | Remains of at least two individuals including the skull, and two partial post cranial skeletons, one of which is articulated |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Troodontidae | |
Sinovenator (meaning "Chinese hunter") is a genus of troodontid dinosaur from China. It is from the early Cretaceous Period.