Skorpiovenator Temporal range: Cenomanian,
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Cast of the holotype specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Abelisauridae |
Clade: | †Brachyrostra |
Genus: | †Skorpiovenator Canale et al. 2009 |
Type species | |
†Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Canale et al. 2009
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Skorpiovenator ("scorpion hunter") is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Turonian) Huincul Formation of Argentina. It is one of the most complete and informative abelisaurids yet known, described from a nearly complete and articulated skeleton.