Ichthyovenator
Field photograph to come
Ichthyovenator
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- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Spinosauridae
- Found in
- Laos
- Named by
- Allain et al. 2012
Field notes
About Ichthyovenator
Ichthyovenator was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago. It belongs to the family Spinosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ichthyovenator, from Laos. Its fossils come from the Grès supérieurs Formation. It was named by Allain et al. in 2012.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
115 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Spinosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Allain, T. Xaisanavong, and P. Richir, B. Khentavong. 2012. The first definitive Asian spinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the early cretaceous of Laos. Naturwissenschaften 99:369-377