Genus
Valid Extinct

Lajasvenator

Coria et al. 2020

Lajasvenator is a genus of carcharodontosaurid dinosaur from the Mulichinco Formation from Neuquén Province in Argentina. The type and only species is Lajasvenator ascheriae. It was probably one of the smaller known Carcharodontosaurids, being slightly more than half the length of Concavenator, about 3.5 m (11 ft).

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Lajasvenator
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Life reconstruction of Lajasvenator ascheriae, based on work from Henrique Paes and Justice Duncan. © Juandertal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Allosauroidea Superfamily
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Carcharodontosauridae Family
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Lajasvenator Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Mulichinco
1
Temporal distribution
Valanginian (137.05–132.6 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Lajasvenator ascheriae 137 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. A. Coria, P. J. Currie, and F. Ortega, M. A. Baiano. 2020. An Early Cretaceous, medium-sized carcharodontosaurid theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Mulichinco Formation (upper Valanginian), Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 111 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. A. Coria, P. J. Currie, and F. Ortega, M. A. Baiano. 2020. An Early Cretaceous, medium-sized carcharodontosaurid theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Mulichinco Formation (upper Valanginian), Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 111 DOI ↗