Spectrovenator, Zaher & Pol & Navarro & Delcourt & Carvalho, 2020

Zaher, Hussam, Pol, Diego, Navarro, Bruno A., Delcourt, Rafael & Carvalho, Alberto B., 2020, An Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur from Brazil sheds light on the cranial evolution of the Abelisauridae, Comptes Rendus Palevol 19 (6), pp. 101-115 : 103

Genus Spectrovenator n. gen.

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TYPE SPECIES. — Spectrovenator ragei n. gen., n. sp.

DIAGNOSIS. — As for type and only species (type by monotypy).

ETYMOLOGY. — From the Latin spectrum (“ghost”) and venator (“hunter”). The generic name refers to the fact that the specimen was found unexpectedly underneath the holotype of Tapuiasaurus macedoi while the latter was being partially prepared in the field ( Zaher et al. 2011).