Vayuraptor

Vayuraptor
Temporal range: upper Barremian
~124.4–121.4 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: †Megaraptora
Genus: †Vayuraptor
Samathi et al., 2019[2]
Species:
†V. nongbualamphuensis
Binomial name
†Vayuraptor nongbualamphuensis
Samathi et al., 2019[2]

Vayuraptor (meaning "wind thief") is a genus of basal megaraptoran theropod dinosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) Sao Khua Formation of Thailand. The genus contains a single species, V. nongbualamphuensis, known from a partial skeleton.[2][3]

  1. ^ Gale, A. S.; Mutterlose, J.; Batenburg, S.; Gradstein, F. M.; Agterberg, F. P.; Ogg, J. G.; Petrizzo, M. R. (2020-01-01), Gradstein, Felix M.; Ogg, James G.; Schmitz, Mark D.; Ogg, Gabi M. (eds.), "Chapter 27 - The Cretaceous Period", Geologic Time Scale 2020, Elsevier, pp. 1023–1086, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-824360-2.00027-9, ISBN 978-0-12-824360-2, retrieved 2021-11-23
  2. ^ a b c Samathi, A.; Chanthasit, P.; Martin Sander, P. (May 2019). "Two new basal coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation of Thailand". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 64 (2): 239–260. doi:10.4202/app.00540.2018.
  3. ^ Samathi, Adun; Suteethorn, Suravech; Boonjarern, Tanachot; Sutcha, Krishna; Suteethorn, Varavudh (2023-03-24). "Dinosaur fauna from the Lower Cretaceous of Phu Kao-Phu Phan Kham, northeastern Thailand: A review and update". Palaeoworld. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2023.03.007. ISSN 1871-174X. S2CID 257740661.