Lucianovenator
loo-see-AH-no-ven-AY-tor /ˌluːsiˌɑːnoʊvɛnˈeɪtər/
Accepted genus
Luciano's hunter
- Luciano · Portuguese/Italian personal name · a person's given name (honouree)
- venator · Latin · hunter
The name combines a personal name, Luciano, with the Latin word for "hunter". It follows the common pattern of naming a predatory theropod as a "hunter" and honours a person named Luciano. I'm not certain who that person is, so I haven't named them.
- Period
- Late Triassic
- Found in
- Southern Brazil
Lucianovenator bonoi is a small early theropod, probably a coelophysoid, from the Late Triassic of Brazil. I'm fairly sure of this but not certain of the finer details, such as the exact formation, stage, authors and year, so I've left those fields blank.