Taurovenator
Field photograph to come
Taurovenator
DV-0963 · type species Taurovenator violantei
- Lived
- 110 to 106 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Carcharodontosauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Motta et al. 2016
Field notes
About Taurovenator
Taurovenator was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 110 to 106 million years ago. It belongs to the family Carcharodontosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Taurovenator, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Huincul Formation. It was named by Motta et al. in 2016.
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 Carcharodontosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. J. Motta, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, and S. Rozadilla, F. L. Agnolin, N. R. Chimento, F. Brissón Egli, F. E. Novas. 2016. New theropod fauna from the Upper Cretaceous (Huincul Formation) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Period: Biotic Diversity and Biogeography. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 71:231-253