Family
Valid Extinct

Neovenatoridae

Benson et al. 2010

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
8
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Neovenatoridae
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A collage of four carnosaurs: Yangchuanosaurus (or possibly Sinraptor), Acrocanthosaurus, Concavenator, and Allosaurus © User:Phreakster 1998 VSPYCC[1] User:FunkMonk User:Sheep81 · 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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Neovenatoridae Family
Fossil sites 8 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇯🇵 Japan
2
🇦🇺 Australia
2
🇨🇳 China
2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Sebayashi
1
Wessex
1
"Wonthaggi"
1
Kitadani
1
Wayan
1
Griman Creek
1
Ulansuhai
1
Tangshang
1
Temporal distribution
Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)
1
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
1
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
2
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Hauterivian (132.6–125.77 Ma)
1
Synonyms (1)
Rapator nomen dubium Neovenatoridae
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. B. J. Benson, M. T. Carrano, and S. L. Brusatte. 2010. A new clade of archaic large-bodied predatory dinosaurs (Theropoda: Allosauroidea) that survived to the latest Mesozoic. Naturwissenschaften 97:71-78 DOI ↗
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R. B. J. Benson, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers Rich, M. Hall. 2012. Theropod fauna from southern Australia indicates high polar diversity and climate-driven dinosaur provinciality. PLoS ONE 7(5):e37122 DOI ↗
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