Lajasvenator

La-jas-ven-ah-tor.
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Paleoecologist

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Name

Lajasvenator ‭(‬Las Lajas hunter‭)‬.

Phonetic

La-jas-ven-ah-tor.

Named By

R.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Coria,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Currie,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Ortega‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Baiano‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Carcharodontosauridae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

L.‭ ‬ascheriae

Size

Holotype individual roughly about‭ ‬3.5‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Mulichinco Formation.

Time Period

Valanginian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull,‭ ‬dentary‭ (‬lower jaw‭) ‬and post cranial skeleton.

In Depth

       Lajasvenator is a genus of carcharodontosaurid dinosaur that lived in South America during the Early cretaceous.‭ ‬Carcharodontosaurid dinosaurs have a reputation for being some of the largest predatory dinosaurs,‭ ‬but Lajasvenator is at the opposite end of the scale,‭ ‬and represents perhaps‭ ‬one of‭ ‬the smallest carcharodontsaurid known.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬An Early Cretaceous,‭ ‬medium-sized carcharodontosaurid theropod‭ (‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia‭) ‬from the Mulichinco Formation‭ (‬upper Valanginian‭)‬,‭ ‬Neuqu�n Province,‭ ‬Patagonia,‭ ‬Argentina.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cretaceous Research‭ ‬-‭ ‬R.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Coria,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Currie,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Ortega‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Baiano‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

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