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Xenovenator Xenovenator robustus (Sullivan 2006)
/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
United States
Region
New Mexico
Formation
Kirtland
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Xenovenator robustus 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 New Mexico, United States. It was named by (Sullivan 2006). The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Xenovenator robustus sits in deep time
Xenovenator
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Xenovenator robustus'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.