Viavenator
Viavenator exxoni
Viavenator (meaning "road hunter") is a genus of carnivorous abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in the Santonian-aged (Late Cretaceous) Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina. Only a single species is known, V. exxoni, formally described in 2016 by Filippi and colleagues.
- Family
- Abelisauridae
- Order
- Saurischia
- Period
- Cretaceous (84.9–83.6 Ma)
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Weight
- 1.0–1.5 t
- Type locality
- Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Neuquén, Argentina
- Holotype
- MAU-PV-LCM-263/1
- PBDB
- txn:336874