Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Canale et al. 2008 (scorpion hunter)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Alternative combination: Skorpiovenator bustingorrii

Full reference: J. I. Canale, C. A. Scanferla, F. L. Agnolín and F. E. Novas. 2008. New carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of NW Patagonia and the evolution of abelisaurid theropods. Naturwissenschaften 96:409-414

Belongs to Skorpiovenator according to E. B. Machado et al. 2013

See also Baiano et al. 2016, Canale et al. 2016, Canale et al. 2008, Cerroni et al. 2020, Dalman 2014, Filippi et al. 2016, Haluza et al. 2012, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Juárez Valieri et al. 2011, Méndez 2014, Méndez 2014, Méndez et al. 2022, Motta et al. 2016, Novas et al. 2013, Ratsinbaholison et al. 2016 and Zaher et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MMCH-PV 48, a skeleton. Its type locality is Bustingorry's farm, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian fluvial sandstone in the Huincul Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bustingorry's farm

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