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Dracovenator Dracovenator regenti Yates 2005
/ˌdrækoʊvɛˈneɪtər/
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · 201.4–192.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
South Africa
Regions
Free State · Eastern Cape
Formation
Elliot
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Dracovenator regenti is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–192.9 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Free State, South Africa. It was named by Yates 2005. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Dracovenator regenti sits in deep time
Dracovenator
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Dracovenator regenti'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.