Dinosaur
Spectrovenator
Spectrovenator appeared as a surprise beneath another dinosaur’s remains.
Spectrovenator appeared as a surprise beneath another dinosaur’s remains. It was a small abelisaurid, far smaller than the family’s later large members. Its skull preserves a combination of early features that helps trace changes in this predator group’s heads.
Three stages. One companion.
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AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Spectrovenator at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It fed on other animals.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Abelisauridae
- Abelisaurids
- Fossil locations
- Minas Gerais
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Spectrovenator
Its remains were found in Minas Gerais, Brazil, underneath material from a sauropod called Tapuiasaurus. This unexpected discovery inspired its name, which means ‘ghost hunter’.
The name describes a surprise at the excavation, not a supernatural creature. Its real importance lies in showing that abelisaurids did not start out with the size and all the specialized features of their most famous representatives.
The name describes a surprise at the excavation, not a supernatural creature. Its real importance lies in showing that abelisaurids did not start out with the size and all the specialized features of their most famous representatives.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
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