⚠ This taxon is a local entry, absent from the Paleobiology Database. Data may be incomplete or unverified.
Genus
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Dinevenator

Jasinski & Sullivan, 2026

Dinevenator (lit. 'Diné hunter') is an extinct genus of troodontid theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian age) Kirtland Formation of New Mexico, United States. The type species of the genus, Dinevenator robustus, is known from a nearly complete frontal bone (a skull roof 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
0
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
Référence bibliographique
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