Lucianovenator

Field photograph to come

DV-0987Quebrada del Barro Fm., Argentina

Lucianovenator

DV-0987

Lived
227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods, Coelophysidae
Found in
Argentina
Named by
Martinez and Apaldetti 2017

Field notes

About Lucianovenator

Lucianovenator was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Coelophysidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Lucianovenator, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Quebrada del Barro Formation. It was named by Martinez and Apaldetti in 2017.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

220 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Coelophysidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. N. Martinez and C. Apaldetti. 2017. A late Norian–Rhaetian coelophysid neotheropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Quebrada del Barro Formation, northwestern Argentina. Ameghiniana 54(5):448-505