Arcovenator Arcovenator
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Arcovenator 6 m (19.7 ft) long
4 people holding hands
- Length
- 6 m (19.7 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (76–72 Mya)
- Place
- France · Spain
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Abelisauridae
Arcovenator (“Arc hunter”) is an extinct genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaurs hailing from the Late Cretaceous of France and possibly Spain. The type and only described species is Arcovenator escotae. Its name derives from the river Arc flowing near the site of its first discovery.
What we know
- Named by Tortosa et al., 2014.
- Body length estimated at about 6 m.
- Fossils found in France and Spain.