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Gnathovorax
Gnathovorax holotype insitu
In situ holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Family: Herrerasauridae
Genus: Gnathovorax
Binomial name
Gnathovorax cabreirai
Pacheco et al., 2019
StubMicroraptor
Smaller than a Microraptor!

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Gnathovorax (meaning "jaws inclined to devour") is an extinct genus of herrerasaurid saurischian native to Brazil. The type and only species is G. cabreirai.[1]

It is more closely related to Herrerasaurus and Sanjuansaurus than to Staurikosaurus.

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  1. (2019) "Gnathovorax cabreirai: a new early dinosaur and the origin and initial radiation of predatory dinosaurs". PeerJ. DOI:10.7717/peerj.7963. 
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