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Australovenator wintonensis

Time
89.8–125.8 million years ago
Period
Unknown
Known sites
4

Summary

Australovenator is a genus of megaraptoran theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Winton Formation of Australia. Some specimens from the Albian-aged Eumeralla Formation and the Wonthaggi Formation may belong to Australovenator. It is known from partial cranial and postcranial remains, which were described in 2009 by Scott Hocknull and colleagues, although additional descriptions and analyses continue to be published. It is the most complete predatory dinosaur discovered in Australia. It has been suggested that Australovenator is a sister taxon to Fukuiraptor, although some phylogenetic analyses find it to be a more derived member of the Megaraptora, possibly being part of the main Megaraptoridae family itself.

Source: Wikipedia - Australovenator

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