| Xenovenator Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | |
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| X. espinosai by TotalDinoPaleo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Troodontidae |
| Tribe: | †Troodontini |
| Genus: | †Xenovenator Rivera-Sylva et al., 2026 |
| Species: | †X. espinosai
†X.? robustus |
| Type species | |
| †Xenovenator espinosai Rivera-Sylva et al., 2026 | |
Xenovenator is an extinct genus of troodontid dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous period in northern Mexico. The type and only definitive species known is Xenovenator espinosai, but the genus may also include the dubious[1] Saurornitholestes robustus.[2]
Description[]
The skull of Xenovenator was unusually wide and rugose in texture, almost comparable to that of the dome-headed pachycephalosaurs. X.? robustus was tentatively assigned to this genus based on similar morphological traits, though no similarities were found to the skull of X. espinosai.
References[]
- ↑ Turner, A.H., Makovicky, P.J. and Norell, M.A., 2012, A review of dromaeosaurid systematics and paravian phylogeny: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 371, p. 1–206.
- ↑ https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/18/1/38