Outline: a typical theropod
Arcovenator
"Arc hunter"
- Lived
- 84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- Spain and France
- Named by
- Tortosa et al. 2014
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
75 million years ago
Field notes
About Arcovenator
What it was like
Arcovenator was an abelisaur, a two-legged hunter with a short, deep skull and tiny arms. It is known from part of a skull and skeleton, and was a medium-sized to large member of its family.
It was closely related to Majungasaurus from Madagascar and Rajasaurus from India, which suggests animals moved between Europe and the southern lands.
Its world
It lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern France, with more finds reported from Spain. Its bones come from red clays near the river it was named after, where it shared the land with the plant eater Rhabdodon, the armored Struthiosaurus and the titanosaur Ampelosaurus.
How it was found
Tortosa and colleagues named Arcovenator in 2014.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: T. Tortosa, E. Buffetaut, and N. Vialle, Y. Dutour, E. Turini, G. Cheylan. 2014. A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: palaeobiogeographical implications. Annales de Paléontologie 100(1):63-86