Spectrovenator
Spectrovenator was a small, meat-eating dinosaur that lived in Brazil about 125 million years ago. It was a speedy hunter with sharp teeth and a long tail. Its name means 'ghost hunter' because it was found hidden under another dinosaur!1
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Como era de grande?
Canto medía de longo?
Canto medía de alto?
estimación
Canto pesaba?
tan longo coma 4 gatos domésticos do fociño á cola🍌tan longo coma 12 plátanos postos un tras outro🍉tan pesado coma 7 sandías🏃podería correr 100 metros en 7,7 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)Como era de grande Spectrovenator comparado CONTIGO?
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Que velocidade alcanzaba?
Datos curiosos
Spectrovenator is known from a single skeleton that was found underneath the skeleton of another dinosaur called Tapuiasaurus. That's why it was named 'ghost hunter'.1
Its skull was very well preserved, and scientists used it to learn how abelisaurid dinosaurs evolved over time.1
Spectrovenator had a weaker bite than later abelisaurids, which means its bite force was not as strong as some of its relatives.1
It lived during the Aptian age, about 121 to 113 million years ago, in the Early Cretaceous period.3
The skeleton includes a nearly complete skull, parts of the spine, hip bones, and well-preserved leg bones.1
Spectrovenator shares some skull features with another early abelisaurid called Rugops, which lived in Africa.1

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Spectrovenator
?How big was Spectrovenator?
About 1.42 to 2.2 metres (4.7 to 7.2 ft) long.1
?What did Spectrovenator eat?
It was a meat-eating dinosaur, so it ate other animals.1
?When did Spectrovenator live?
It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 125 million years ago.1
?Why is it called Spectrovenator?
Its name means 'ghost hunter' because its skeleton was found hidden underneath another dinosaur called Tapuiasaurus.1
Cazamitos
Mito: Some people think Spectrovenator was a ghost or a spirit because of its name.
Verdade: Spectrovenator was a real dinosaur. Its name comes from Latin and means 'ghost hunter', but it was a flesh-and-blood animal that lived millions of years ago.1
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Spectrovenator
- Bautizado por
- Zaher et al. 20203
- Grupo
- Dinos carnívoros
- Familia / clado
- Abelisauridae3
- Clasificación
- Theropoda > Ceratosauria > Abelisauridae3
- Idade das rochas
- de 121 a 113 millóns de anos (Aptian)3
- Formacións rochosas
- Quiricó3
- Países
- Brasil3
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database3
- Descubrimento
- Spectrovenator was discovered in Brazil and named by Zaher and colleagues in 2020. The skeleton was found under the skeleton of Tapuiasaurus, and the species name 'ragei' honors French paleontologist Jean-Claude Rage.13
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Spectrovenator is related to other abelisaurids, and whether its weaker bite means it had a different hunting style.1
De onde veñen os datos
- Spectrovenator (en.wikipedia.org)
- Spectrovenator ragei | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
- Spectrovenator in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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