#spectrovenator

[ambylotl]

Bustin Makes Me Feel Good

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Spectrovenator vs Ceratosuchops

Factfiles:

Spectrovenator ragei

Artwork by @i-draws-dinosaurs, written by @zygodactylus

Name Meaning: Rage’s Ghost Hunter 

Time: 121 million years ago (Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous) 

Location: Quiricó Formation, Minas Gerais, Brazil 

A lot of interesting Late Cretaceous dinosaurs don’t have clear evolutionary transitions - in many ways, until recent discoveries, they just seem to appear as their ultimate (pre-extinction) forms in highly complex ecosystems. Spectrovenator is another discovery helping to better understand the transition from the Early to the Late Cretaceous, as a transitional member of the Abelisaurs, showing how the distinct characteristics of that group first appeared. Known from a skull, parts of the spine, and leg bones, the only thing we don’t really know about it is if it had normal or tiny arms! It had weakly developed lower jaw muscles, unlike later abelisaurs; and it retained many of the ancestral characteristics of the Ceratosaur group. It had a weaker bite force, indicating that a feature of Abelisaurid evolution was an increase in biting force over time. The skull was more elongate as well, and while its body was robust, it wasn’t quite as sausage-like as later forms, indicating that cursoriality and efficient turning were also later innovations. Found underneath a skeleton of Tapuiasaurus, a large sauropod, it is clear that it was already eating similar large prey as its later relatives. Living in a lake-filled environment, other neighbors included a wide variety of fish, as well as potential Rebbachisaurids and Carcharodontosaurids.

Ceratosuchops inferodios

Artwork by @i-draws-dinosaurs, written by @zygodactylus

Name Meaning: Horned Crocodile Faced Hell Heron

Time: ~128 million years ago (Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous) 

Location: Wessex Formation, Isle of Wight, England 

Say hello to the Hell Heron! Ceratosuchops is one of many new Spinosaurs described recently, showcasing the sheer diversity of this group as well as their much larger spread than previously believed. Ceratosuchops, previously thought to be just Baryonyx, is one of such new taxa that point to the entire group originating in Europe, a piece of their evolutionary puzzle not previously well known. Ceratosuchops was about 8.5 meters long, and had a long crocodile-like skull, with a horn on the top of it (hence its name). As a spinosaur, it would have probably been an aquatic stalker (you know, like a heron) - waiting near bodies of water for food, and snatching it up before it could swim away. Just, the difference between Ceratosuchops and actual herons, well, this was a big heron. It probably wouldn’t have had a sail, though it is possible it may have had a ridge like its close relative Suchomimus. It lived in a heavily river-filled environment, giving it a wide variety of locations to choose from for hunting. Besides a vast diversity of invertebrates, sharks, ray-finned fish, salamanders, lizards, turtles, many kinds of Neosuchians, Plesiosaurs, mammals, and pterosaurs, Ceratosuchops lived alongside other dinosaurs such as Hypsilophodon, Brighstoneus, Iguanodon, Mantellisaurus, Valdosaurus, Polacanthus, Eucamerotus, Oplosaurus, Ornithopsis, Aristosuchus, Calamosaurus, Calamospondylus, Eotyrannus, Neovenator, Ornithodesmus, Yaverlandia, Vectiraptor, Thecocoelurus, and even another spinosaur, Riparovenator!

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[fangtalksdragons]

Saltriovenator at sunset picking up a washed up Cenoceras Gastornis Spectrovenator hunting a Tapuiasaurus in the rain moments before disaster. A pair of Pavlodaria orlovi bucks have some "quality time".

[tadpoles-yay]

The results of yesterdays very fun #paleostream, with a kinda bad saltriovenator, gastornises thinking, spectrovenator and Pavlodaria

A meme about anomalocaris

But also

I cursed the entire server with this cursed being beyond Josch’s comprehension

Pavlodaria making its descendants stop in the middle of the highway because oooo light

[veloci-raptor]

Flocking Together

Saltriovenator/Gastornis

Spectrovenator/Pavlodaria

[chocolatesawfish]

"That was like a death match between two carnivorous dinosaurs" - Taromaru Rex

Fling Posse & Matenro here

[etchif]

We need to stop with the Dinosaur genus names that are just 'place' + 'saurus/raptor/ceratops'

[knuppitalism-with-ue]

Results from the Flocking #paleostream

Saltriovenator, Gastornis, Spectrovenator and Pavlodaria

[skyland2703]

I FOUND AMELIA’S ANIMAL SPIRIT

ITS SPECTROVENATOR

The name literally means “ghost hunter”. EVEN ANKYLOSAURUS DOESN’T FIT BETTER THAN THIS THINGY

GHOST HUNTER??????????????? AMELIA WHERE ARE YOUUU—

you're right even the ankylosaurus doesnt *fit* the way this does

i fucking LOVE that. The day Amelia finds out this dinosaur exists— Solon told her— Amelia loses it! She's like WHY ISN'T THAT MY ZORD!! I NEED THAT DINO TO BE MY ZORD!! Miss Jones throws a full fledged tantrum bahahaha

On a related note, I think that white-ish skin is the reason they call it a ghost hunter? Did you know these trees are called Ghost trees?

I mean, ofc I'm guessing, but seriously this is HELLA COOL

[frippp]

Happy Halloween everyone! Heres the spectre of spectrovenator because im really funny

[paleoart]

A Spectrovenator watches as two sauropods march in the direction of the forest, during the Early Cretaceous of what is now Brazil. 

The only remains of Spectrovenator found so far were recovered from underneath the skeleton of a sauropod, possibly having being crushed to death.

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[just9art]

The recently described “ghost hunter” Spectrovenator

[adamworks]

Hi there!

A little bit late to the party but I want to do the Dinovember challenge.

Day 1: Spectrovenator

[alphynix]

(This is posting several days late here because tumblr didn’t put in my queue properly. And also a little late for Halloween, but since this October saw the description of a new dinosaur species with a particularly spooky name, I couldn't resist putting it into the schedule anyway.)

Spectrovenator ragei was an early member of the abelisaurid lineage, living in southeastern Brazil during the Early Cretaceous, about 120 million years ago. It was one of the smallest known abelisaurids, measuring just 2m long (6'6"), and lacked a lot of the skull specializations seen in larger-bodied Late Cretaceous forms like Carnotaurus, suggesting it was more of a generalist predator.

Its genus name translates to "ghost hunter" due to it being found underneath the fossil remains of another dinosaur entirely – a "ghost" unexpectedly appearing when the specimen was being prepared – but it's extra appropriate since it also helps to fill in a rather sizeable ghost lineage in the fossil record of abelisaurids.

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[ailingwriter]

#164

Spectro

Water

Close-Range

Small

HP: Low

Atk: High

Def: Very Low

Acc: Above Average

Spd: High

Support: Enemy -Atk 4%, -Def 4%, -Acc 44%

With aim-debilitating support effects, FP Plus, and a multitude of scare-inducing skills, Spectro is not a Vivosaur to be trifled with, despite its frailty.

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Spectrovenator

8 feet

Mesozoic Cretaceous

Diet: Carnivore

Location: Brazil

This dinosaur had small arms and a weak bite.

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Spectrovenator is, as one might expect, patterned after a ghost. Specifically, it has a 'waterlogged ghost' look about it. It has patterns across its back that resemble rotten cloth, and otherwise it has a splotchy mix of dark blue-greens and browns. Its eyes are sunken in, allowing only an ominous red light to emit from the sockets. It also has a very small ridge running across its back. It shares similar animations to Delta.

Spectro is found in normal fossil rocks. It does not have a super evolver.

[edgescience]

A brand spanking new fossil find has been described and released to the public. This particular find is of a super complete little abelisaur theropod from Brazil. It's Godzilla 98' looks and ghostbusters-esque name is sure to make it a well-loved new member to the abelisaur family tree. It also provides a new transitional form between the earliest known abelisaurs and the ones we all know and love like good ol' Carnotaurus and Majungasaurus!