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ARCOVENATOR
(arc-o-ven-ah-tor)
meaning: "Arc hunter"
Arcovenator
Named By: Thierry Tortosaa, Eric Buffetauta, Nicolas Vialleb, Yves Dutourb, Eric Turinib & Gilles Cheylan in 2013
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 74 Ma
Location: France, Aix-en-Provence Basin - Lower Argiles Rutilantes Formation
Size: Estimated about 5 to 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull as well as partial post cranial remains including two caudal (tail) vertebrae, a right tibia and fibula (lower leg bones)
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Theropoda | Abelisauridae | Majungasaurinae |
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Arcovenator ("Arc hunter") is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur hailing from the Late Cretaceous of France. The type and only described species is Arcovenator escotae.

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