Phuwiangvenator

Phuwiangvenator () is an extinct genus of megaraptoran theropod that lived during the Early Cretaceous period in what is now Thailand. It contains only the type species, P. yaemniyomi. The generic name of Phuwiangvenator comes from the Phu Wiang mountains, where the holotype was discovered, and the Latin word "venator" meaning hunter. The specific name, "yaemniyomi", is in honor of Sudham Yaemniyom, who was a historical paleontologist from Thailand and the first person to discover fossils there.

==Discovery== thumb|left|A map of Thailand with the location of the Phu Wiang locality in the inset The holotype specimen of Phuwiangvenator, designated SM-PW9B, is a partially-complete skeleton consisting of a dorsal vertebra, three sacral vertebrae, a right metacarpal, right manual phalanges and unguals, both tibiae, the left astragalocalcaneum, several left metatarsals, and several right pedal phalanges and unguals. It was discovered in 1993 by a team led by Preecha Sainongkham in the Sao Khua Formation of Khon Kaen province in Thailand. At the time of this discovery, Sainongkham was working at the Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum. The specimen was transported to the Sirindhorn Museum in the town of Non Buri, which is near the locality where the fossils were discovered. The fossils were prepared and remained in the museum's collection until 2019 when Adun Samathi, Phornphen Chanthasit, and P. Martin Sander published a formal description, which was accompanied by a description of the closely related taxon, Vayuraptor.