Spectrovenator

Spectrovenator
Temporal range: Barremian-Aptian,
Skeletal diagram depicting the known remains in blue
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Abelisauridae
Genus: Spectrovenator
Zaher et al., 2020
Species:
S. ragei
Binomial name
Spectrovenator ragei
Zaher et al., 2020

Spectrovenator ("ghost hunter") is a genus of basal abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the early Cretaceous period in what is now Brazil. The type and only known species is S. ragei, representing a small abelisaurid about 1.42–2.2 metres (4.7–7.2 ft) long.