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sharp-clawed runner
Asfaltovenator
Say it like this: “as-FAHL-toh-ven-AY-tor”
Asfaltovenator vialidadi
Asfaltovenator ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic · Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Early Jurassic · Middle Jurassic (Toarcian · Aalenian · Bajocian) · roughly 184.2 to 168.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2019 · Rauhut, O. W. M.; Pol, D.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 7–8 m · 23–26 ft
- Weight
- 1 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Cañadón Asfalto
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Allosauroidea
The story in short
Asfaltovenator was formally named in 2019 by O. W. M. Rauhut and D. Pol. The name means “cañadón Asfalto Formation hunter.”
It lived in the Early Jurassic · Middle Jurassic (Toarcian · Aalenian · Bajocian), roughly 184.2 to 168.2 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Cañadón Asfalto Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Asfaltovenator at a length near 7–8 m and a body mass around 1 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Allosauroidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.