NEOVENATOR SALERII - INFO
TIME
Early Cretaceous, Barremian
LOCATION
Grange Chine, Brighstone Bay, Isle of Wight, England
Wessex formation
Measurements for this taxa (cm)
Skull
Maximum skull length: ~70 cm
Maximum skull height (JUG -> LAC): ~26 cm
Body
Maximum length (along centra): 681 cm (6.81 m)
Maximum length (along the curves of silhouette) 693 cm (6.93 m)
ABOUT NEOVENATOR:
Neovenator salerii was the top terrestrial predator of its environment, and one of the largest fully terrestrial carnivores of Early Cretaceous Europe.
This holotype specimen was found alongside the Iguanodont Brighstoneus, though it is likely they were washed together by a flash flood.
Although the holotype specimen is only around 7 metres in length and nearly fully grown, other specimens of Neovenator suggest that different individuals could get larger.
References
Skull
Barker, C.T., Naish, D., Newham, E., Katsamenis, O.L. and Dyke, G., 2017. Complex neuroanatomy in the rostrum of the Isle of Wight theropod Neovenator salerii. Scientific Reports, 7(1), p.3749.
Brusatte, S.L., Benson, R.B. and Hutt, S., 2008. The osteology of Neovenator salerii (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Wealden group (Barremian) of the Isle of Wight. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society, 162(631), pp.1-75.
Brusatte, S.L., Benson, R.B. and Xu, X., 2012. A reassessment of Kelmayisaurus petrolicus, a large theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 57(1), pp.65-72.
Postcrania
Brusatte, S.L., Benson, R.B. and Hutt, S., 2008. The osteology of Neovenator salerii (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Wealden group (Barremian) of the Isle of Wight. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society, 162(631), pp.1-75.
Cuesta, E., Ortega, F. and Sanz, J.L., 2018. Appendicular osteology of Concavenator corcovatus (Theropoda: Carcharodontosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 38(4), pp.1-24.
Cuesta, E., Ortega, F. and Sanz, J.L., 2019. Axial osteology of Concavenator corcovatus (Theropoda; Carcharodontosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain. Cretaceous Research, 95, pp.106-120.
Madsen, J.H., 1976. Allosaurus fragilis: a revised osteology.
