Outline: a typical theropod
Skorpiovenator
"scorpion hunter"
Type species Skorpiovenator bustingorryi
- Lived
- 110 to 106 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Canale et al. 2008
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
110 million years ago
Field notes
About Skorpiovenator
What it was like
Skorpiovenator was an abelisaur, a big predator with a short, deep skull covered in bumps and grooves, and tiny arms. It is known from a nearly complete skeleton, which makes it one of the best understood members of its family.
Its world
It lived in the Cretaceous, in what is now Argentina. Its bones come from the Huincul Formation, home to some of the largest dinosaurs known: the giant hunters Mapusaurus and Meraxes and the huge sauropod Argentinosaurus.
How it was found
Canale and colleagues named Skorpiovenator in 2008. The type species is Skorpiovenator bustingorryi. The name comes from the many scorpions around the dig site.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: J. I. Canale, C. A. Scanferla, and F. L. Agnolín, F. E. Novas. 2008. New carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of NW Patagonia and the evolution of abelisaurid theropods. Naturwissenschaften 96:409-414