Powellvenator

Powell's hunter

• Powell · Surname (Jaime Powell) · honours Argentine paleontologist Jaime Powell
• venator · Latin · hunter

The name combines the surname of Argentine paleontologist Jaime Powell with the Latin word for "hunter". It honours Powell for his work on the fossil vertebrates of northwestern Argentina. It was given to a small, early theropod known from fragmentary remains.

Named by

Ezcurra

Year named

2017

Period

Late Triassic

Stage

Norian

Found in

Quebrada del Barro Formation, northwestern Argentina

The type species is Powellvenator podocitus. It is regarded as an early coelophysoid-grade neotheropod. It is known from incomplete material, so its exact relationships are debated.