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sharp-clawed runner
Viavenator
Say it like this: “VY-ah-VEN-uh-tuh”
Viavenator exxoni
Viavenator ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 2016 · Filippi, L. S.; Méndez, A. H.; Juárez Valieri, R. D.; Garrido, A. C.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 5.6 m · 18 ft
- Weight
- 700 kg · 1,543 lb
- Found in
- Argentina · Bajo de la Carpa
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Furileusauria
The story in short
Viavenator was formally named in 2016 by L. S. Filippi and colleagues.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Santonian), roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Bajo de la Carpa Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Viavenator at a length near 5.6 m and a body mass around 700 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Furileusauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.