Ichthyovenator

Field photograph to come

DV-0824Grès supérieurs Fm., Laos

Ichthyovenator

DV-0824

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

1 find

115 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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