Arcovenator

Arc hunter

• Arco · Latin (from place name) · refers to the Arc Basin in southern France, where the fossils were found
• venator · Latin · hunter

The name combines "Arco", referring to the Arc Basin of southern France where the fossils were found, with the Latin "venator", meaning hunter. It means "Arc hunter" and marks this meat-eating dinosaur as a predator of that region.

Named by

Tortosa et al.

Year named

2014

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Provence, southern France

An abelisaurid theropod. The type species is Arcovenator escotae. It is closely related to abelisaurids from Madagascar and India, such as Majungasaurus and Indosaurus.