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.
