Australovenator Australovenator wintonensis Hocknull et al. 2009
/ˈɔːstɹɐlˌʌvənˌeɪɾɚ/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Turonian) · 125.8–89.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Australia
Regions
Queensland · Victoria
Formations
Winton · "Wonthaggi" · Eumeralla
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
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 is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Queensland, Australia. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Australovenator wintonensis sits in deep time
Australovenator
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Australovenator wintonensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.