Viavenator Filippi et al. 2016 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Full reference: L. S. Filippi, A. H. Méndez, R. D. Juárez Valieri and A. C. Garrido. 2016. A new brachyrostran with hypertrophied axial structures reveals an unexpected radiation of latest Cretaceous abelisaurids. Cretaceous Research 60:209-219

Parent taxon: Furileusauria according to L. S. Filippi et al. 2016

See also Delcourt 2018

Sister taxa: Abelisaurinae, Carnotaurus, Elemgasem, Llukalkan, Pycnonemosaurus, Quilmesaurus

Subtaxa: Viavenator exxoni

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Invernada (Bajo de la Carpa) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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