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Spectrovenator ragei Spectrovenator

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Spectrovenator 2.2 m (7.2 ft) long
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Length
2.2 m (7.2 ft)
Period
Cretaceous (145–66 Mya)
Place
Brazil
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Abelisauridae

Spectrovenator (“ghost hunter”) is a genus of basal abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the early Cretaceous period in what is now Brazil. The type and only known species is S. ragei, representing a small abelisaurid about 1.42 – 2.2 m long.

What we know

  • Named by Zaher et al., 2020.
  • Body length estimated at about 2.2 m.
  • Fossils found in Brazil.