Wiehenvenator
Wiehenvenator was a big, meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Germany. It was a cousin of Torvosaurus and one of the largest predators of its time. Its bones were found in an old quarry, mixed with seashells and fossil wood.1
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Datos curiosos
Wiehenvenator lived about 165 to 161 million years ago, during the Middle Jurassic Period.3
Its fossils were found in a layer that was once a shallow sea. The dinosaur's bones were mixed with oysters and other marine animals.1
The name Wiehenvenator means 'hunter of the Wiehengebirge', after the hills where it was discovered.1
Only one partial skeleton of Wiehenvenator has been found. It includes parts of the skull, teeth, back bones, ribs, and leg bones.1
Wiehenvenator was a megalosaurid, a group of large carnivorous dinosaurs. Its closest relative was Torvosaurus.1
The dinosaur was discovered in 1998 by geologist Friedrich Albat, who was looking for fossils for a museum.1
Wiehenvenator is the first diagnostic dinosaur fossil from the Middle Jurassic of Germany.1

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Wiehenvenator
?How big was Wiehenvenator?
About 9 to 10 metres long, with a skull about 1 to 1.05 metres long. It was one of the largest known European theropods.21
?What did Wiehenvenator eat?
Wiehenvenator was a meat-eater. It likely hunted other dinosaurs and animals that lived in its environment.21
?When did Wiehenvenator live?
It lived about 166 to 164 million years ago, during the Middle Jurassic Period (Callovian stage).23
?Where was Wiehenvenator found?
Its fossils were discovered in an abandoned quarry in the Wiehen Hills near Minden, Germany, in a layer that was once a shallow sea.21
?Was Wiehenvenator bigger than T. rex?
No, Wiehenvenator was smaller than T. rex. T. rex could reach over 12 metres long, while Wiehenvenator was about 9 to 10 metres.2
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Wiehenvenator
- Bautizado por
- Rauhut et al. 20163
- Grupo
- Dinos carnívoros
- Familia / clado
- Megalosauridae3
- Clasificación
- Theropoda3
- Idade das rochas
- de 165 a 162 millóns de anos (Callovian)3
- Formacións rochosas
- Ornatenton3
- Países
- Alemaña3
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database3
- Descubrimento
- In 1998, geologist Friedrich Albat found the first bones of Wiehenvenator in an abandoned quarry in Germany. Scientists named it Wiehenvenator albati in 2016, honoring Albat and the Wiehengebirge hills.1
- Aínda en debate
- Because only a few bones have been found, scientists are not sure exactly how big Wiehenvenator was or what it looked like in full.1
De onde veñen os datos
- German Jurassic megalosaurid (palaeo-electronica.org)
- Wiehenvenator (en.wikipedia.org)
- Wiehenvenator in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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