Saltriovenator

DV-1036 · type species Saltriovenator zanellai

Lived: 200 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Diet: Carnivore
Group: Theropods
Found in: Italy
Named by: Dal Sasso et al. 2018

Field notes

About Saltriovenator

Saltriovenator was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 200 to 193 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Saltriovenator, from Italy. Its fossils come from the Saltrio Formation. It was named by Dal Sasso et al. in 2018.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

195 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Ceratosauria.

CeratosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
GenyodectesEarly Cretaceous
SpinostropheusLate Jurassic to Late Cretaceous

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. Dal Sasso, S. Maganuco, and A. Cau. 2018. The oldest ceratosaurian (Dinosauria: Theropoda), from the Lower Jurassic of Italy, sheds light on the evolution of the three-fingered hand of birds. PeerJ 6:e5976:1-78