Skorpiovenator
Field photograph to come
Skorpiovenator
DV-0668 · type species Skorpiovenator bustingorryi
- Lived
- 110 to 106 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Canale et al. 2008
Field notes
About Skorpiovenator
Skorpiovenator was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 110 to 106 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Skorpiovenator, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Huincul Formation. It was named by Canale et al. in 2008.
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 Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. I. Canale, C. A. Scanferla, and F. L. Agnolín, F. E. Novas. 2008. New carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of NW Patagonia and the evolution of abelisaurid theropods. Naturwissenschaften 96:409-414