Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Sinraptor

Say it sien-rap-tor. The name means ‘Chinese plunderer’.

Sinraptor beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods

Length: 7.6 m
Diet: Meat-eater
When: Mid Jurassic169 to 142 million years ago
Fossils found in: China
Named by: Gao (1992)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Neotheropoda › Tetanurae › Avetheropoda › Carnosauria › Allosauroidea › Sinraptoridae

Where Sinraptor sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63

Lived at the same time

Chinshakiangosaurus · same country
Chungkingosaurus · same country
Yingshanosaurus · same country
Yangchuanosaurus · same country
Anchiornis · same country
Euhelopus · same country
Agilisaurus · same country
Bellusaurus · same country

Other large theropods

Dubreuillosaurus Late Jurassic
Poekilopleuron Mid Jurassic
Cryolophosaurus Early Jurassic
Megalosaurus Mid Jurassic
Eustreptospondylus Mid Jurassic
Torvosaurus Late Jurassic
Piatnitzkysaurus Late Jurassic
Yangchuanosaurus Late Jurassic

Source: Sinraptor 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.