Viavenator Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Santonian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Abelisauridae |
Clade: | †Brachyrostra |
Genus: | †Viavenator |
Type species | |
†Viavenator exxoni Filippi et al., 2016 |
Viavenator is a genus of carnivorous abelisaurid theropod discovered in Argentina.
Filippi classified Viavenator to a new clade known as the Furileusauria, which includes Viavenator as well as Carnotaurus. This would have meant Viavenator was closer to Carnotaurus than Majungasaurus. It would have been 5.6 metres (18 ft) in length.