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13 August 2026 EN everythingdinosaur

A New Genus of Troodontid Dinosaur from New Mexico

bone Mexico Campanian Cretaceous Late Cretaceous fossil Dinevenator Dinosauria Troodontidae new species skull

Palaeontologists have named a new species of theropod dinosaur from New Mexico. The dinosaur, Dinevenator robustus, lived around 73 million years ago (Campanian faunal stage of the Late Cretaceous). Researchers identified the dinosaur from a fossil skull bone (a frontal) found in north-western New Mexico. It represents a new genus and species of troodontid. Troodontids

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