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sharp-clawed runner
Saltriovenator
Say it like this: “SAHL-tree-oh-ven-AY-tor”
Saltriovenator zanellai
Saltriovenator ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in Italy.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · roughly 199.5 to 192.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2018 · Dal Sasso, C.; Maganuco, S.; Cau, A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- 1.2–1.6 tonnes
- Found in
- Italy · Saltrio
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Ceratosauria
The story in short
Saltriovenator was formally named in 2018 by C. Dal Sasso and colleagues. The name means “saltrio hunter.”
It lived in the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian), roughly 199.5 to 192.9 million years ago. Finds come from Italy, including the Saltrio Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Saltriovenator at a body mass around 1.2–1.6 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Ceratosauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Afromimus
Afromimus tenerensis
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Berberosaurus
Berberosaurus liassicus
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian · Toarcian) · roughly 192.9 to 174.7 million years ago
Fosterovenator
Fosterovenator churei
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago