Concavenator

hunter from Cuenca

• Conca · Latin · Cuenca, the Spanish province where it was found (from Latin 'Concha'/Conca, the old name of Cuenca)
• venator · Latin · hunter

The name combines "Conca" (referring to Cuenca, the Spanish province where the fossil was found) with the Latin "venator", meaning hunter. It means "hunter from Cuenca". The type species is Concavenator corcovatus, whose species name means "humpbacked" and refers to the prominent humps in front of its hips.

Named by

Ortega, Escaso and Sanz

Year named

2010

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Barremian

Found in

Calizas de la Huérguina Formation, Cuenca, Spain

A carcharodontosaurian theropod (allosauroid). Notable for a pronounced hump in front of the hips and two prominent vertebral projections, and for structures on the forearm that were originally interpreted as possible quill knobs.