Reconstructed skeleton, Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum, Winton, Australia
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade:
Dinosauria
Clade:
Saurischia
Clade:
Theropoda
Clade:
†Megaraptora
Family:
†Megaraptoridae
Genus:
†Australovenator Hocknull et al. 2009
Species:
†A. wintonensis
Binomial name
†Australovenator wintonensis
Hocknull et al. 2009
Australovenator (meaning "southern hunter") is a genus of megaraptoran theropod dinosaur from Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous)-age Winton Formation (dated to 95 million years ago[1]) of Australia. It is known from partial cranial and postcranial remains which were described in 2009 by Scott Hocknull and colleagues, although additional descriptions and analyses continue to be published. It is the most complete predatory dinosaur discovered in Australia. It has been suggested that Australovenator is a sister taxon to Fukuiraptor, although some phylogenetic analyses find it to be a more derived member of the Megaraptora, possibly being part of the main Megaraptoridae family itself.
^ abWhite, M. A.; Falkingham, P. L.; Cook, A. G.; Hocknull, S. A.; Elliott, D. A. (2013). "Morphological comparisons of metacarpal I for Australovenator wintonensis and Rapator ornitholestoides: Implications for their taxonomic relationships". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 37 (4): 435–441. doi:10.1080/03115518.2013.770221. S2CID 82672110.
Australovenator (meaning "southern hunter") is a genus of megaraptoran theropod dinosaur from Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous)-age Winton Formation (dated...
Australia, and the largest known predatory dinosaur from the continent, Australovenator, was a megaraptoran. Megaraptorans were medium to large-sized theropods...
discovery of Australovenator, which had a similar metacarpal, Rapator was recognized as a probable megaraptoran. In fact, Australovenator and Rapator differ...
inclusive clade, comprising all megaraptorids except Fukuiraptor and Australovenator, (shown below as "Clade A"), and a more exclusive clade of larger,...
to the Australian megaraptoran known as Australovenator, however a subsequent study has placed Australovenator as a megaraptorid megaraptoran alongside...
inclusive clade, comprising all megaraptorids except Fukuiraptor and Australovenator, (shown below as "Clade A"), and a more exclusive clade of larger,...
Elliott, David A. (14 September 2015). "Forearm Range of Motion in Australovenator wintonensis (Theropoda, Megaraptoridae)". PLOS ONE. 10 (9): e0137709...
an informal museum name. It likely belonged to something similar to Australovenator, although one study considered it to belong to an abelisaur. Allosaurus...
relationships of the Cretaceous Gondwanan theropods Megaraptor and Australovenator: the evidence afforded by their manual anatomy" (PDF). Memoirs of Museum...
relationships of the Cretaceous Gondwanan theropods Megaraptor and Australovenator: the evidence afforded by their manual anatomy". Memoirs of Museum...
2022 The Late Cretaceous Pack adds the Barbaridactylus, Styxosaurus, Australovenator, and Alamosaurus as hatchable species. The pack also introduced bioluminescent...
predators where abelisaurids and carcharodontosaurids, the discovery of Australovenator, Rapator and an unnamed species in Australia suggests the megaraptorans...
Queensland, Australia. The bones were found alongside the holotype of Australovenator and crocodylomorphs and molluscs. The two dinosaurs found, known from...
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