Natovenator polydontus

Time: 72.2–83.6 million years ago
Period: Unknown
Known sites: 1

Natovenator skeletal (holotype) — Sungjin Lee, Yuong-Nam Lee, Philip J. Currie, Robin Sissons, Jin-Young Park, Su-Hwan Kim, Rinchen Barsbold & Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar — CC-BY-4.0 — File:Natovenator_skeletal_(holotype).png

Summary

Natovenator is a genus of halszkaraptorine dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Barun Goyot Formation of Mongolia. The genus is known from a single species, N. polydontus. Natovenator is crucial to the understanding of halszkaraptorines due to it providing more support for the semi-aquatic lifestyle that has been proposed for this clade. This discovery is important as the semi-aquatic lifestyles of halszkaraptorines was contested in early 2022.

Source: Wikipedia - Natovenator

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