Pandoravenator fernandezorum Rauhut and Pol 2017 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: O. W. M. Rauhut and D. Pol. 2017. A theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Cañadón Calcáreo Formation of central Patagonia, and the evolution of the theropod tarsus. Ameghiniana 54:506-538

Belongs to Pandoravenator according to O. W. M. Rauhut and D. Pol 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPEF PV 1773, a partial skeleton (MPEF PV 1773-3, distal end of right femur and proximal end of right tibia; 1773-6, proximal end of right fibula; 1773-5a, b, fragment of the proximal shaft of t). Its type locality is Caja de Pandora, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian lacustrine siltstone/sandstone in the Cañadón Calcáreo Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Caja de Pandora

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