Anteavis

Field photograph to come

DV-1265Ischigualasto Fm., Argentina

Anteavis

DV-1265 · type species Anteavis crurilongus

Lived
237 to 227 million years ago, Late Triassic
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods
Found in
Argentina
Named by
Martínez et al. 2025

Field notes

About Anteavis

Anteavis was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Triassic, 237 to 227 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Anteavis, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Ischigualasto Formation. It was named by Martínez et al. in 2025.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

230 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Theropoda.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. N. Martínez, C. E. Colombi, and M. D. Ezcurra, D. O. Abelín, I. Cerda, O. A. Alcober. 2025. A Carnian theropod with unexpectedly derived features during the first dinosaur radiation. Nature Ecology & Evolution 9:2238-2247