Asfaltovenator
"Cañadón Asfalto Formation hunter"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Asfaltovenator 8 m (26.2 ft) long
as long as 5 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 8 m (26.2 ft)
- Period
- Jurassic (201–145 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Asfaltovenator (meaning “Cañadón Asfalto Formation hunter” after the fossil formation in which its fossils were found) is a genus of possibly allosauroid dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic (Middle Toarcian) Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Chubut Province, Argentina. The type and only species is Asfaltovenator vialidadi.
What we know
- Named by Rauhut & Pol, 2019.
- Body length estimated at about 8 m.
- Fossils found in Argentina.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Asfaltovenator — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.