Hypnovenator

Hypnovenator
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
(early–middle Albian), 112.1–106.4 Ma
Fossil remains and skeletal diagram of the holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: †Troodontidae
Subfamily: †Troodontinae
Genus: †Hypnovenator
Kubota, Kobayashi & Ikeda, 2024
Species:
†H. matsubaraetoheorum
Binomial name
†Hypnovenator matsubaraetoheorum
Kubota, Kobayashi & Ikeda, 2024

Hypnovenator (meaning "sleep hunter") is an extinct genus of troodontid theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) Ohyamashimo Formation of Japan. The genus contains a single species, H. matsubaraetoheorum, known from a partial skeleton. Hypnovenator is the only troodontid currently known from Japan, and it represents the oldest definitive member of the subgroup Troodontinae.