Erythrovenator

red hunter

• erythros · Greek · red
• venator · Latin · hunter

The name combines the Greek word for "red" with the Latin word for "hunter", giving "red hunter". It refers to the red rocks of the Santa Maria Formation in southern Brazil, where the fossil was found, and to its likely predatory, meat-eating lifestyle as a theropod. The type species is Erythrovenator jacuiensis.

Named by

Müller, Langer and Dias-da-Silva

Year named

2018

Period

Late Triassic

Stage

Carnian

Found in

Santa Maria Formation, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

A small early theropod known from fragmentary remains, among the oldest known theropods. Its exact position within Theropoda or early dinosaurs has been debated.