Lucianovenator
Name:
Lucianovenator
(Luciano's hunter).
Phonetic: Lu-ce-ah-no-en-ah-tore.
Named By: R. N. Martinez & C.
Apaldetti - 2017.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,.
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Coelophysidae.
Species: L. bonoi (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Roughly about 4 meters long.
Known locations: Argentina - Quebrada del Barro
formation.
Time period: Norian/Rhaetian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains.
As
a coelophysid, Lucianovenator was a small
predatory dinosaur similar
in form to other genera such as Camposaurus
and Coelophysis.
Lucianovenator would have been a predator of small
creatures such as
lizards and possibly scavenging carrion when available.
Lucianovenator shared the same habitat with the
dinosaurs Ingentia
and Leyesaurus,
while other creatures such as Dromomeron
were also
present.
Further reading
- A late Norian-Rhaetian coelophysid neotheropod (Dinosauria,
Saurischia) from the Quebrada del Barro Formation, northwestern
Argentina. - Ameghiniana 54(5):448-505. - R. N.
Martinez & C. Apaldetti - 2017.
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