Concavenator Ortega et al. 2010 (allosauroid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae

Full reference: F. Ortega, F. Escaco, and J. L. Sanz. 2010. A bizarre, humped Carcharodontosauria (Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain. Nature 467:203-206

Parent taxon: Carcharodontosauridae according to J. I. Canale et al. 2013

See also Carrano et al. 2012, Csiki-Sava et al. 2016, Dieudonné et al. 2016, Novas et al. 2013, Ortega et al. 2010 and Sanz et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Acrocanthosaurus, Carcharodontosaurinae, Carcharodontosaurus, Eocarcharia, Giganotosaurus, Kelmayisaurus, Lajasvenator, Mapusaurus, Megalosaurus inexpectatus, Shaochilong, Taurovenator, Unquillosaurus, Veterupristisaurus

Subtaxa: Concavenator corcovatus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (MCCM collection) (Cretaceous of Spain)

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