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Dinevenator

Jasinski & Sullivan, 2026

Dinevenator is an extinct genus of troodontid theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Kirtland Formation of New Mexico, United States. The type species of the genus, Dinevenator robustus, is known from a nearly complete frontal bone. Previous work had assigned it to the genera Saurornitholestes and Xenovenator.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
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Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore
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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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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Troodontidae Family
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Troodontinae Subfamily
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Dinevenator Genus
News 2
A New Genus of Troodontid Dinosaur from New Mexico
bone Mexico Campanian Cretaceous Late Cretaceous +6
Palaeontologists have named a new species of theropod dinosaur from New Mexico. The dinosaur, Dinevenator robustus, lived around 73 million years ago (Campanian faunal stage of the Late Cretaceous). Researchers identified the dinosaur from a fossil skull bone (a frontal) found in north-western New Mexico. It represents a new genus and species of troodontid. Troodontids
13/08/2026 everythingdinosaur
New Troodontid Dinosaur Genus Identified from Fossil Bone Found Decades Ago in New Mexico
New Troodontid Dinosaur Genus Identified from Fossil Bone Found Decades Ago in New Mexico
bone Mexico fossil Dinevenator Dinosauria +2
Paleontologists have described a new genus of small, bird-like dinosaur that lived in what is now New Mexico approximately 73 million years ago. The post New Troodontid Dinosaur Genus Identified from Fossil Bone Found Decades Ago in New Mexico appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
07/08/2026 sci-news
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Publication originale
2026 Steven E. Jasinski & Robert M. Sullivan. 2026. Dinevenator, a New Genus of Troodontid Dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of New Mexico. Foss. Stud 4 (3): 21