Spectrovenator

Spectrovenator ("ghost hunter", named because the holotype was unexpectedly found under the holotype of Tapuiasaurus) is a genus of basal abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the early Cretaceous period in what is now Brazil. It is known by a single species, S. ragei, recovered from the Quiricó Formation.

Spectrovenator
Temporal range: Barremian-Aptian,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Abelisauridae
Genus: Spectrovenator
Zaher et al., 2020
Species:
S. ragei
Binomial name
Spectrovenator ragei
Zaher et al., 2020
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