Neovenator
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Neovenator (nee-o-ven-a-tor meaning "new hunter") is a genus of carcharodontosaurian theropod dinosaur. It is known from several skeletons found in the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Barremian) Wessex Formation on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, southern England. It is one of the best known theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of Europe.
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Neovenator | |
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Reconstructed skeleton in Japan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | †Allosauria |
Clade: | †Carcharodontosauria |
Family: | †Neovenatoridae |
Genus: | †Neovenator Hutt, Martill & Barker, 1996 |
Species: | †N. salerii |
Binomial name | |
†Neovenator salerii Hutt, Martill & Barker, 1996 | |
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