Gnathovorax

DV-1055

Lived: 234 to 227 million years ago, Late Triassic
Group: Early dinosaurs, Herrerasauridae
Found in: Brazil
Named by: Pacheco et al. 2019

Field notes

About Gnathovorax

Gnathovorax was an early dinosaur that lived in the Late Triassic, 234 to 227 million years ago. It belongs to the family Herrerasauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Gnathovorax, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Santa Maria Formation. It was named by Pacheco et al. in 2019.

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 Herrerasauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. Pacheco, R. T. Muller, and M. Langer, F. A. Pretto, L. Kerber, S. Dias da Silva. 2019. Gnathovorax cabreirai: a new early dinosaur and the origin and initial radiation of predatory dinosaurs. PeerJ 7(e7963)