Pandoravenator

Name: Pandoravenator ‭(‬Pandora hunter‭)‬.
Phonetic: Pan-dor-ah-ven-ah-tor.
Named By: O.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Rauhut‭ & ‬D.‭ ‬Pol‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Tetanurae.
Species: P.‭ ‬fernandezorum‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ca�ad�n Calc�reo Formation.
Time period: Oxfodian/Tithonian of‭ ‬the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Bottom end of right femur‭ (‬upper leg bone‭) ‬and tops of right tibia‭ ‬and right fibula‭ (‬lower leg bones‭)‬.

       Pandoravenator is a genus of predatory dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Jurassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Ca�ad�n Calc�reo Formation of central Patagonia,‭ ‬and the evolution of the theropod tarsus.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ameghiniana‭ ‬54:506-538.‭ ‬-‭ ‬O.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Rauhut‭ & ‬D.‭ ‬Pol‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.



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