Arcovenator
Arcovenator was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived on an island made of what is now France, Spain, and Portugal. It had a rough, bumpy skull and was about the size of a car. This predator hunted other dinosaurs in a warm, swampy landscape.1
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Arcovenator is one of the most complete abelisaurid dinosaurs ever found in Europe. Its fossils include a well-preserved braincase.2
This dinosaur lived on the Ibero-Armorican island, a large landmass that included parts of modern France, Spain, and Portugal.1
Arcovenator's name comes from the Arc River in France, near where it was discovered, and the Latin word for hunter.1
Its skull had a rough, bumpy surface and a special hole between the front bones on top of the head.2
Arcovenator was a medium-sized abelisaurid, about 5 to 6 metres long. That is roughly the length of a small car.1
Fossils of Arcovenator were found during construction of the A8 motorway in southern France. The company Escota paid for the dig.1

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Arcovenator
?What did Arcovenator eat?
It was a meat-eating theropod that hunted other dinosaurs on its island home.13
?How big was Arcovenator?
It was about 5 to 6 metres long, or about the size of a small car. A 2016 study gave a length of 4.8 metres.1
?When did Arcovenator live?
It lived in the Late Cretaceous, about 76 to 72 million years ago.1
?Was Arcovenator a dinosaur?
Yes, it was a theropod dinosaur in the abelisaurid family.1
?Where was Arcovenator found?
Its fossils were found near Pourrières in southern France, during construction of the A8 motorway.12
?Is Arcovenator bigger than T. rex?
No, it was much smaller. Arcovenator was about 5 to 6 metres long, while T. rex could be over 12 metres long.1
Vir dino-kenners
- Wetenskaplike naam
- Arcovenator
- Benoem deur
- Tortosa et al. 20143
- Groep
- Vleisvretende dino's
- Familie / klade
- Abelisauridae3
- Klassifikasie
- Theropoda > Ceratosauria > Abelisauridae3
- Ouderdom van die rotse
- 84 tot 66 miljoen jaar (Campanian / Maastrichtian)3
- Rotsformasies
- Argiles rutilantes, Vegas de Matute, Vitoria3
- Lande
- Spanje, Frankryk3
- Fossielrekords
- 6 in The Paleobiology Database3
- Ontdekking
- Arcovenator was named in 2014 by Thierry Tortosa and colleagues. Its fossils were found near Pourrières, France, during work on the A8 motorway.13
- Steeds omstrede
- Scientists are not sure if some fossils from Spain and the Tremp Formation belong to Arcovenator or a different abelisaurid.1
Waar die feite vandaan kom
- Arcovenator (en.wikipedia.org)
- Original article A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: Palaeobiogeographical implications Un nouveau dinosaure abélisauridé du Crétacé supérieur du Sud de la France : implications paléobiogéographiques (sciencedirect.com)
- Arcovenator in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.
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