Lajasvenator Coria et al. 2020 (allosauroid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae

Full reference: R. A. Coria, P. J. Currie, F. Ortega and M. A. Baiano. 2020. An Early Cretaceous, medium-sized carcharodontosaurid theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Mulichinco Formation (upper Valanginian), Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 111

Parent taxon: Carcharodontosauridae according to R. A. Coria et al. 2020

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

Subtaxa: Lajasvenator ascheriae

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pilmatué (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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