Dinosaur
Neovenator
Its upper jaw bone had an especially large opening.
The story of Neovenator began when a landslide revealed its first remains.
Three stages. One companion.
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Neovenator at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Carcharodontosauria
- Carcharodontosaurs
- Fossil locations
- England
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Neovenator
It is mainly known from several skeletons on the Isle of Wight. The first remains appeared after a landslide in 1978 and the genus was described in 1996.
Its upper jaw had an especially large opening. Between discovering fossils and publishing a description, researchers must prepare and compare them. It can take years of work before a discovery receives a scientific name.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Neovenator salerii
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- Neovenator
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- Carcharodontosauria
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