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sharp-clawed runner
Natovenator
Say it like this: “NAY-toe-VEN-uh-tuh”
Natovenator polydontus
Natovenator ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2022 · Lee, S.; Lee, Y. N.; Currie, P. J.; Sissons, R.; Park, J. Y.; Kim, S. H.; Barsbold, R.; Tsogtbaatar, K.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 0.7 m · 2 ft
- Weight
- 0 kg · 1 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Baruungoyot
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Halszkaraptorinae
The story in short
In 2022, S. Lee and colleagues published the name Natovenator. The name means “swimming hunter.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Baruungoyot Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Natovenator at a length near 0.7 m and a body mass around 0 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Halszkaraptorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.