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Silhouette of Australovenator

Australovenator

Australovenator wintonensis Hocknull et al. 2009

Early Cretaceous (Turonian) · 125.8–89.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Australovenator wintonensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 125.8–89.8 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Hocknull et al. 2009. The species is represented by 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~15%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Australovenator sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Australovenator
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Australovenator's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Wintonotitan
Wintonotitan wattsi
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predator–prey
Limaysaurus
Limaysaurus tessonei
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predator–prey
Diamantinasaurus
Diamantinasaurus matildae
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coexisted–with
Turanoceratops
Turanoceratops tardabilis
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coexisted–with
Savannasaurus
Savannasaurus elliottorum
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same–clade
Microvenator
Microvenator celer
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same–clade
Deinonychus
Deinonychus antirrhopus
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same–clade
Acrocanthosaurus
Acrocanthosaurus atokensis
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