Fujianvenator is an extinct genus of anchiornithid avialan from the Late Jurassic Nanyuan Formation of Fujian Province, China. The genus contains a single species, F. prodigiosus, known from a partial articulated skeleton.
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It is exact ecological role is unknown whether it have had a more terrestrial or a wading lifestyle is unclear. Its latin name's meaning is : Fujian hunter. It was a relatively small animal approximately 641 grams ~ at most. This dinosaur exhibits an unusual set of morphological features that are shared with other early avialans as well as troodontid and dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. The newly-identified avialan species roamed our planet around 150 million years ago about the Late Jurassic epoch.
The F. prodigiosus may be the youngest known member of the Jurassic avialans. F. prodigiosus was a pheasant-sized avialan with a lower hindlimb (tibia) that is twice as long as the thigh (femur), a previously unknown condition for non-avian dinosaurs.