Lajasvenator

Lajas hunter

• Lajas · Place name (Spanish) · Las Lajas, the area in Neuquén Province, Argentina where it was found
• venator · Latin · hunter

The name combines "Lajas", for the Las Lajas area of Neuquén Province, Argentina, where the fossils were found, with the Latin "venator", meaning hunter. It means "hunter from Lajas", which fits a meat-eating theropod. It is a carcharodontosaurian theropod, a relative of the giant predators such as Carcharodontosaurus and Giganotosaurus.

Named by

Coria et al.

Year named

2020

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Valanginian

Found in

Mulichinco Formation, Neuquén Province, Argentina

The type species is Lajasvenator ascheriae. It is a valid dinosaur genus. It is one of the earliest known carcharodontosaurians from South America. The author, year, formation and stage are given from memory, so please check them.