Wiehenvenator

Wiehen Hills hunter

• Wiehen · German · Wiehengebirge (Wiehen Hills), the range where the fossils were found
• venator · Latin · hunter

The name combines the Wiehengebirge (Wiehen Hills) in north-western Germany, where the fossils were found, with the Latin word for "hunter". It means "hunter from the Wiehen Hills" and refers to its place of discovery and its life as a large predator.

Named by

Rauhut, Hübner and Lanser

Year named

2016

Period

Middle Jurassic

Stage

Callovian

Found in

Wiehen Hills, North Rhine-Westphalia, north-western Germany

A large megalosaurid theropod. The type species is Wiehenvenator albati. It is one of the most complete big predatory dinosaurs known from the Middle Jurassic of Europe.