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sharp-clawed runner
Neovenator
Say it like this: “NEE-oh-ve-NAY-tor”
Neovenator salerii
Neovenator ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 1996 · Hutt, S.; Martill, D. M.; Barker, M. J.
- Hip height
- 2–2.5 m · 7–8 ft
- Length
- 7.4 m · 24 ft
- Weight
- 1 tonnes
- Found in
- the United Kingdom · Wessex
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Carcharodontosauria
The story in short
The genus Neovenator dates to 1996, the year S. Hutt and colleagues described it. The name means “new hunter.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Wessex Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Neovenator at a length near 7.4 m, hips about 2–2.5 m high, and a body mass around 1 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Carcharodontosauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Lusovenator
Lusovenator santosi
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Siamraptor
Siamraptor suwati
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
Ulughbegsaurus
Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis
Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago