Dracovenator regenti

Name

Dracovenator regenti

Authority

Yates, 2006

Meaning of generic name

In Latin draco, 'dragon', and venator, 'hunter' in reference to the Drakensberg Mountains where the specimen was discovered

Meaning of specific name

In honour of Regent Huma

Size

Body length: 20 ft (6 m)

Remains

Holotype BP/1/5243 a partial fragmentary skull, referred specimen BP/1/5278 another partial skull from a juvenile

Age and Distribution

Horizon: Upper Elliot Formation, Lower Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)

Locality: Upper Drumbo farm, Barkly East District of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Classification

Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Dilophosauridae

Further Reading

Yates A. M. 2006. A new theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and its implications for the early evolution of theropods. Palaeontologia africana 41: 105-122.

Smith, N.D., Makovicky, P.J., Pol, D., Hammer, W.R., and Currie, P.J. (2007). "The Dinosaurs of the Early Jurassic Hanson Formation of the Central Transantarctic Mountains: Phylogenetic Review and Synthesis". U.S. Geological Survey and The National Academies.