Lajasvenator
Field photograph to come
Lajasvenator
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- Lived
- 137 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Carcharodontosauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Coria et al. 2020
Field notes
About Lajasvenator
Lajasvenator was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 137 to 133 million years ago. It belongs to the family Carcharodontosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Lajasvenator, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Mulichinco Formation. It was named by Coria et al. in 2020.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
135 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Carcharodontosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. A. Coria, P. J. Currie, and F. Ortega, M. A. Baiano. 2020. An Early Cretaceous, medium-sized carcharodontosaurid theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Mulichinco Formation (upper Valanginian), Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 111