Sinovenator was a genus of troodontid dinosaur from China. The name means "Chinese - hunter", derived from the Latin word venator = hunter and the Greek word Σινάι = China, Chinese.
It was a relatively small genus of troodontid dinosaur. Because of its small size, it probably fed on smaller animals such as lizards and mammals. It was a fast runner that may have lived in wooded areas.
Sinovenator was a graceful bird-like maniraptorans with sickle-shaped claws and raptor-like hands. It was less than a meter long and about the size of a chicken. It had large feathers on its arms and legs, as well as forehead-like tail feathers.
It was a carnivorous dinosaur that probably fed on smaller animals, such as lizards and mammals.
The name means "Chinese - hunter", derived from the Latin word venator = hunter and the Greek word Σινάι = China, Chinese.
Sinovenator was a genus of troodontid dinosaur that lived in the early Cretaceous of China.
