Australovenator
Field photograph to come
Australovenator
DV-0679 · type species Australovenator wintonensis
- Lived
- 126 to 90 million years ago, Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Megaraptoridae
- Found in
- Australia
- Named by
- Hocknull et al. 2009
Field notes
About Australovenator
Australovenator was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, 126 to 90 million years ago. It belongs to the family Megaraptoridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Australovenator, from Australia. Its fossils come from rocks including the Winton Formation and the "Wonthaggi" Formation. It was named by Hocknull et al. in 2009.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Megaraptoridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. A. Hocknull, M. A. White, and T. R. Tischler, A. G. Cook, N. D. Calleja, T. Sloan, D. A. Elliot. 2009. New mid-Cretaceous (latest Albian) dinosaurs from Winton, Queensland, Australia. PLoS ONE 4(7):e6190: 1-51