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Stygivenator
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Stygivenator

Stygivenator

Era: CretaceousDiet: CarnivorousPeriod: Late Cretaceous

Stygivenator (meaning "Hell Creek hunter"), also known as the "Jordan theropod" is a dubious genus of tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Hell Creek Formation, the type species is Stygivenator molnari. Originally considered a species of Aublysodon, another dubious genus, and then a juvenile of Tyrannosaurus, its specific identity can not presently be determined due to its poor preservation making it impossible to rule out an identity as either a specimen of Tyrannosaurus or Nanotyrannus