Genus
Valid Extinct

Spectrovenator

Zaher et al. 2020

Spectrovenator is a genus of basal abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the early Cretaceous period in what is now Brazil. The type and only known species is S. ragei, representing a small abelisaurid about 1.42–2.2 metres (4.7–7.2 ft) long.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Spectrovenator
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Skeletal reconstruction of the Spectrovenator ragei holotype (MZSP-PV 833). Recovered bones in blue. © Feliaspaleozoobr · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Ceratosauria Suborder
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Abelisauridae Family
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Spectrovenator Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
Geological formations
Quiricó
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Spectrovenator ragei 121 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
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 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
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 DOI ↗