Genus
Valid Extinct

Skorpiovenator

scorpion hunter
Canale et al. 2008
Etymology Du Latin ''skorpios'' (Scorpion) et ''venator'' (chasseur) un clin d’œil aux abondants scorpions en mouvement autour de l’excavation du spécimen.

Skorpiovenator is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation of Argentina. The sole species of Skorpiovenator, S. bustingorryi, was named in honour of Manuel Bustingorry, the late owner of the farm on which the type specimen was discovered. Formally described in 2009, the type specimen is one of the most complete and informative abelisaurids yet known, described from a nearly complete and articulated skeleton. A tibia fragment was assigned to Skorpiovenator in 2022.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Skorpiovenator
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The Natural Science Museum at El Chocón, in the northwestern Argentine Patagonia (the Comahue region). Fossil of dinosaur © Simona.cerrato · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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Ceratosauria Suborder
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Abelisauridae Family
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Brachyrostra Unranked clade
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Skorpiovenator Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
2
Geological formations
Huincul
2
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Skorpiovenator bustingorryi 101 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. I. Canale, C. A. Scanferla, and F. L. Agnolín, F. E. Novas. 2008. New carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of NW Patagonia and the evolution of abelisaurid theropods. Naturwissenschaften 96:409-414 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
M. A. Cerroni, M. A. Baiano, and J. I. Canale, F. L. Agnolín, A. Otero, F. E. Novas. 2022. Appendicular osteology of Skorpiovenator bustingorryi (Theropoda, Abelisauridae) with comments on phylogenetic features of abelisaurids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 20(1):1–32 DOI ↗
J. I. Canale, C. A. Scanferla, and F. L. Agnolín, F. E. Novas. 2008. New carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of NW Patagonia and the evolution of abelisaurid theropods. Naturwissenschaften 96:409-414 DOI ↗