Taurovenator
Name:
Taurovenator
(bull hunter).
Phonetic: Tor-o-ven-ah-tor.
Named By: Mat�as J. Motta, Alexis M. Aranciaga
Rolando, Sebasti�n Rozadilla, Federico E. Agnol�n, Nicol�s R.
Chimento, Federico Briss�n Egli, & Fernando E. Novas
- 2016.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Carcharodontosauridae.
Species: T. violantei
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Argentina, Rio Negro Province
- Huincul Formation.
Time period: Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Taurovenator is a genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous. At the time of writing, Taurovenator is only known from partial skull remains.
Further reading
- New theropod fauna from the Upper Cretaceous (Huincul Formation)
of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. - New Mexico Museum of
Natural History and Science Bulletin. 71: 231–253.Mat�as J.
Motta, Alexis M. Aranciaga Rolando, Sebasti�n Rozadilla,
Federico E. Agnol�n, Nicol�s R. Chimento, Federico Briss�n
Egli, & Fernando E. Novas - 2016.
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