Archaeovenator
Name:
Archaeovenator
(Ancient hunter).
Phonetic: Ar-kay-o-ven-ah-tor.
Named By: R. R. Reisz & D. W.
Dilkes - 2003.
Classification: Chordata, Amniota, Varanopidae.
Species: A. hamiltonensis
(type).
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: About 30 centimetres long.
Known locations: USA, Kansas - Calhouns Shale
Formation.
Time period: Gzhelian of the Carboniferous.
Fossil representation: Almost complete skeleton.
Tail missing.
At the time of its description, Archaeovenator is the oldest known varanopid amniote. In like Archaeovenator would have resembled a small lizard, and it may have hunted for invertebrates as it scampered around the Carboniferous forests.
Further reading
- Archaeovenator hamiltonensis, a new varanopid
Synapsida:
Eupelycosauria from the Upper Carboniferous of Kansas, R. R.
Reisz & D. W. Dilkes - 2003.
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