Species
Panguraptor lufengensis
Panguraptor lufengensisPanguraptor was a slender, bipedal predator that navigated the seasonal river basins of Early Jurassic southern China. Equipped with recurved serrated teeth, grasping three-fingered hands, and lightweight hollow bones, it pursued small vertebrates across open floodplains. Its discovery in Yunnan offered crucial evidence that coelophysoid theropods successfully dispersed across Pangaea into East Asia before continental fragmentation.
CarnivorousBipedal
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ExtinctConservation statusIUCN Red List categoriesLCNTVUENCREWEXExtinctRed List categories, explained →
Diet & preyEarly cynodonts, Small sauropodomorph juveniles, Basal crocodylomorphs
Predators
- Sinosaurus
ThreatsExtinction events and shifting Jurassic climate
HabitatsRiver valleys, floodplains, and seasonal open woodlands
Life span10–20 years
Classification
- FamilyCoelophysidae
- SpeciesPanguraptor lufengensis
Range data is not available yet.
Interaction riskLow
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- Why interaction risk is low
- Extinct species known only from fossil remains.
Responsible observation
- Museum Specimens: Examine fossil casts and diagnostic bone elements preserved in natural history collections.
- Stratigraphic Context: Study red bed sedimentary formations in Yunnan to understand its ancient paleoenvironment.
Contemporaneous Apex Predator Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 · cc-by-sa
Contemporaneous Herbivore Jonathan Chen / CC BY 4.0 · cc-by
Close Relative (c) Tim Evanson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · cc-by-sa
Close Relative TotalDino / CC BY-SA 4.0 · cc-by-sa
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