Siam raptor

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Siam raptor
Reconstructed image of the Siamraptor suwati , fossils found are marked. Comparison with humans (1.8 meters tall).
Locations
South East Asia
Systematics
Lizard dinosaur (Saurischia) Theropoda Allosauroidea Carcharodontosauria Siam raptor
Scientific name
Siam raptor
Chokchaloemwong , Hattori , Cuesta , Jintasakul , Shibata , 2019
Art
Siamraptor suwati

Siamraptor is an extinct genus of theropod dinosaur native to Southeast Asia . The only known species is Siam raptor suwati .

Remains of this genus were found in Southeast Asia, and in 2019 the species was first described by Duangsuda Chokchaloemwon, Soki Hattori, Elena Cuesta, Pratueng Jintasakul, Masateru Shibata and Yoichi Azuma. The generic name Siamraptor comes from the ancient name of Thailand , Siam. The species name honors Suwat Liptapanlop, who supported the institute of the first descriptors.

features

The body length of the Siamraptor was estimated to be about 8 meters.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thailand: Researchers find previously unknown species of dinosaur . In: Spiegel Online . October 14, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed October 14, 2019]).
2. ↑ Duangsuda Chokchaloemwong, Soki Hattori, Elena Cuesta, Pratueng Jintasakul, Masateru Shibata: A new carcharodontosaurian theropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand . In: PLOS ONE . tape 14 , no. 10 , October 9, 2019, ISSN  1932-6203 , p. e0222489 , doi : 10.1371 / journal.pone.0222489 , PMID 31596853 , PMC 6784982 (free full text) - ( plos.org [accessed October 21, 2019]).