Lusovenator santosi Lusovenator

"Portuguese hunter"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lusovenator 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (154–144.7 Mya)
Place
Europe · Asia · Portugal
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Lusovenator (meaning “Portuguese hunter”) is a genus of carcharodontosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Praia de Amoreira Porto-Novo Member and the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (Tithonian-Berriasian) Assenta Member of the Lourinhã Formation in present-day Portugal. It includes one species, Lusovenator santosi.

What we know

  • Named by Malafaia et al., 2020.
  • Fossils found in Europe and Asia.