SKORPIOVENATOR
a meat-eating abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina.
Pronunciation: SKOHR-pee-o-VEN-uh-tuh
Meaning: Scorpion hunter
Author/s: Canale
et al. (
2008)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Neuquén, Argentina
Discovery Chart Position: #657
Skorpiovenator bustingorryi
(Bustingorry's Scorpion Hunter)Etymology
Scorpiovenator is derived from the Greek "scorpio" (scorpion) and the Latin "venator" (hunter), because of the abundance of live scorpions at the digsite.
The
species epithet,
bustingorryi, honors Manuel Bustingorry, owner of the farm where the specimen was found.
Discovery
The remains of
Scorpiovenator were discovered in the Huincul Formation at Bustingorry's Farm, 3 km NW of Villa El Chocón, Neuquén Province, NW Patagonia, Argentina. The
holotype (MMCH-PV 48) is a nearly complete skeleton missing the right forearm and half of the tail.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian-Turonian
Age range: 99-94 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: 8 meters
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: 2 Kg
Diet: Carnivore
Skorpiovenator
bustingorryi
References
•
Canale JI, Scanferla CA, Agnolin F and Novas FE (2009) "
New carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of NW Patagonia and the evolution of abelisaurids". [image credit]
Naturwissenschaften, 96(3): 409-414.
• Cerroni MA, Baiano MA, Canale JI, Agnolín FL, Otero A and Novas FE (2022)
"Appendicular osteology of
Skorpiovenator bustingorryi (Theropoda, Abelisauridae) with comments on phylogenetic features of abelisaurids".
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 20(1): 2093661.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2022.2093661
• Cerroni MA, Canale JI, Novas FE and Paulina-Carabajal A (2022) "An exceptional neurovascular system in abelisaurid theropod skull: New evidence from
Skorpiovenator bustingorryi". Journal of Anatomy 240(2): 1-15.
DOI: 10.1111/joa.13258
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