Genus
Valid Extinct

Powellvenator

Ezcurra 2017

Powellvenator is an extinct genus of coelophysoid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic in what is now northwestern Argentina. Fossils of the dinosaur were found in the Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin. The type and only known species is Powellvenator podocitus, named by Martín D. Ezcurra in 2017.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Powellvenator
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Coelophysoidea Superfamily
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Coelophysidae Family
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Powellvenator Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
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Geological formations
Los Colorados
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Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
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Species (1)
Powellvenator podocitus 227 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M. D. Ezcurra. 2017. A new early coelophysoid neotheropod from the Late Triassic of northwestern Argentina. Ameghiniana 54(5):506-538 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
M. D. Ezcurra. 2017. A new early coelophysoid neotheropod from the Late Triassic of northwestern Argentina. Ameghiniana 54(5):506-538 DOI ↗