Spectrovenator
Field photograph to come
Spectrovenator
DV-1117 · type species Spectrovenator ragei
- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Zaher et al. 2020
Field notes
About Spectrovenator
Spectrovenator was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Spectrovenator, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Quiricó Formation. It was named by Zaher et al. in 2020.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
115 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. Zaher, D. Pol, and B. A. Navarro, R. Delcourt, A. B. Carvalho. 2020. An Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur from Brazil sheds light on the cranial evolution of the Abelisauridae. Comptes Rendus Palevol 19(6):101-115