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Taurovenator Taurovenator violantei Motta et al. 2016
/tˈɔːɹoʊvənˌeɪɾɚ/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · 100.5–89.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Argentina
Region
Río Negro
Formation
Huincul
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Taurovenator violantei is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5–89.8 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Río Negro, Argentina. It was named by Motta et al. 2016. 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 Taurovenator violantei sits in deep time
Taurovenator
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Taurovenator violantei'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.