Microvenator
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Microvenator
DV-0205 · type species Microvenator celer
- Lived
- 121 to 94 million years ago, Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Caenagnathidae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Ostrom 1970
Field notes
About Microvenator
Microvenator was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, 121 to 94 million years ago. It belongs to the family Caenagnathidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Microvenator, from Montana and Wyoming. Its fossils come from the Cloverly Formation. It was named by Ostrom in 1970.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Caenagnathidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. H. Ostrom. 1970. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Bighorn Basin area, Wyoming and Montana. Peabody Museum Bulletin 35:1-234