Dinosaurs · Small theropod
Juravenator
Say it ju-rah-ve-nay-tor. The name means ‘Jura (Bavarian mountains) hunter’.
- Length
- 0.8 m
- Diet
- Meat-eater
- When
- Late Jurassic154 to 151 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- Germany
- Named by
- Göhlich & Chiappe (2006)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Compsognathidae
Small theropods. Small two-legged dinosaurs, many feathered, the group that includes birds. See all 60
Lived at the same time
- Europasaurus · same country
- Torvosaurus · same country
- Barosaurus
- Camptosaurus
- Chinshakiangosaurus
- Chungkingosaurus
- Coelurus
- Dacentrurus
Other small theropods
- Coelurus Late Jurassic
- Ornitholestes Late Jurassic
- Archaeopteryx Late Jurassic
- Guanlong Late Jurassic
- Nqwebasaurus Mid Jurassic
- Compsognathus Late Jurassic
- Anchiornis Late Jurassic
- Proceratosaurus Mid Jurassic
Source: Juravenator in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.