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REDONDAVENATOR
(re-don-dah-ven-ah-tor)
meaning: "Redonda hunter"
Named By: S. J. Nesbitt, R. B. Irmis, S. G. Lucas & A. P. Hunt in 2005
Time Period: Late Triassic, 200 Ma
Location: USA, New Mexico - Redonda Formation
Size: Skull at least 60 centimetres long. Total length about 3.8-4 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull and partial post cranial skeletal fossils
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Sphenosuchidae |
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Redondavenator (meaning "Redonda Formation hunter") is a genus of sphenosuchian, a type of basal crocodylomorph, the clade that comprises the crocodilians and their closest kin. It is known from a partial upper jaw and left shoulder girdle found in rocks of the Norian-Rhaetian-age Upper Triassic Redonda Formation, northeastern New Mexico. It is notable for its large size; the minimum estimated skull length for the holotype individual is 60 centimetres (24 in).

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