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sharp-clawed runner · Disputed
Taurovenator
Say it like this: “TOH-ro-VEN-uh-tuh”
Taurovenator violantei
Taurovenator ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2016 · Motta, M. J.; Aranciaga Rolando, A. M.; Rozadilla, S.; Agnolín, F. L.; Chimento, N. R.; Brissón Egli, F.; Novas, F. E.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- 5.7 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Huincul
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Carcharodontosaurinae
The story in short
The genus Taurovenator dates to 2016, the year M. J. Motta and colleagues described it.
Fossils referred to Taurovenator date to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian), roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Huincul Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Taurovenator at a body mass around 5.7 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Carcharodontosaurinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Carcharodontosaurus
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Giganotosaurus
Giganotosaurus carolinii
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Mapusaurus
Mapusaurus roseae
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago