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Xenovenator
Xenovenator espinosai Rivera-Sylva et al. 2026
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore, omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
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 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Xenovenator sits in deep time
Xenovenator
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Xenovenator's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.