Sinraptor

Sinraptor
Temporal range: Late Jurassic, (Oxfordian)
S. dongi, Royal Tyrrell Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Metriacanthosauridae
Subfamily: Metriacanthosaurinae
Genus: Sinraptor
Currie and Zhao, 1994
Type species
Sinraptor dongi
Currie and Zhao, 1994
Other species
  • S. hepingensis?
    (Gao, 1992)
Synonyms
Synonyms of S. dongi
Synonyms of S. hepingensis

Sinraptor (/sɪnˈræptər/) is a genus of metriacanthosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Shishugou Formation China. Sinraptor and its close relatives were among the earliest members of the Jurassic carnosaurian radiation. Sinraptor still remains the best-known member of the family Metriacanthosauridae, with some older sources even using the name "Sinraptoridae" for the family.