Erythrovenator

E-re-fro-ven-ah-tor.
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Emerson Winslow

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Name

Erythrovenator ‭(‬red hunter‭)‬.

Phonetic

E-re-fro-ven-ah-tor.

Named By

Rodrigo T.‭ ‬M�ller‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Theropoda.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

E.‭ ‬jacuiensis‭

Size

Full length of femur estimated to be about‭ ‬19‭ ‬centimetres long.‭ ‬Total size unknown due to lack of fossil remains.‭

Known locations

Brazil‭ ‬-‭ ‬Rio Grande so Sul.

Time Period

Norian/Carnian of the Triassic.

Fossil representation

Partial proximal end of‭ ‬the femur.

In Depth

       Erythrovenator is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Triassic.‭ ‬Erythrovenator was established upon the description of a partial femur,‭ ‬specifically the proximal end‭ (‬the part that connects to the hip‭)‬.‭ ‬Because of this any specific details‭ ‬about the lifestyles and features of this dinosaur are at the time of writing hard to establish.

Further reading

-‭ ‬A new theropod dinosaur from a peculiar Late Triassic assemblage of southern Brazil.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of South American Earth Science‭ ‬-‭ ‬Rodrigo T.‭ ‬M�ller‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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