Powellvenator

Say it like this: “POW-uhl-VEN-uh-tuh”

Powellvenator podocitus

Powellvenator ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in Argentina.

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When: Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
Named in: 2017 · Ezcurra, M. D.
Hip height: Not established
Length: Not established
Weight: Not established
Found in: Argentina · Los Colorados
Food and walking: Carnivore · Two legs
Kind: sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
Family branch: Coelophysoidea

The story in short

The genus Powellvenator dates to 2017, the year M. D. Ezcurra described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Powellvenator date to the Late Triassic (Norian), roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Los Colorados Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.

The fossils of Powellvenator are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.

On the family tree it sits in Coelophysoidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Dracoraptor

Dracoraptor hanigani

Early Jurassic (Hettangian) · roughly 201.4 to 199.5 million years ago

Lophostropheus

Lophostropheus airelensis

Late Triassic · Early Jurassic (Rhaetian · Hettangian) · roughly 205.7 to 199.5 million years ago

Panguraptor

Panguraptor lufengensis

Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago