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Xenovenator Xenovenator espinosai Rivera-Sylva et al. 2026
/zˈɛnoʊvˌɛneɪɾɚ/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore, omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
Mexico
Region
Coahuila
Formation
Cerro del Pueblo
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Xenovenator espinosai is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was a carnivore, omnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Coahuila, Mexico. It was named by Rivera-Sylva et al. 2026. 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 Xenovenator espinosai sits in deep time
Xenovenator
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Xenovenator espinosai'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.