Australovenator is a genus of megaraptorid theropod dinosaur from Cenomanian-age Winton Formation of Australia. Australovenator was a medium-sized predator, approximately 1.6m tall at the hips and 56m long from tip to tail. Its long, muscular legs would have allowed it to run fast, although not as quickly as modern emus or ostriches. Australovenator would, however, have been quite agileif it chased the small ornithopods with which it shared its habitat, it would have needed to be. The jaws of Australovenator were rather lightly built, and the teeth that lined these jaws were serrated but rather small. The most dangerous weapons Australovenator possessed were its arms, each hand bearing three fingers, and each finger bearing a wickedly-curved claw. The inner two claws were particularly large and strong.
- Diet: Carnivorous
- Period: Lower Cretaceous
- Meaning: Australian hunter
- Fun Facts:
- Because it was a lightweight predator, he coined it as the "cheetah of its time"
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