Overview
Name meaning: Cuenca hunter
Time Period:Barremian (Early Cretaceous)
Locations: Spain - La Huérguina Formation
Taxonomy:Theropoda-Carcharodontosauridae
Subspecies: C.corcovatus
Characteristics
Concavenator is estimated to be between 16-20 feet long and 710 to 880 pounds, one of the smallest members of its family. Concavenator had well developed arms and quill knobs on its ulnas. They are a point of attachment for feathers and quills that Concavenator had despite being very distantly related to other species that had them being birds and dromaeosaurus… They most likely supported quills but the quill knobs may be misinterpreted muscular scaring. The most peculiar part is Concavenators sail. It makes Concavenator immediately distinguishable, formed from elongated vertebrae the hump was likely for display, but some assume it shared features to camels who used their humps for storing water and fat. The La Huérguina Formation in the Early Cretaceous was. Animals that may have shared it’s environment with Concavenator are
History
Concavenator was discovered and described by paleontologists Francisco Ortega, Fernando Escaso, and José Luis Sanzin 2010 with specimen MCCM-LH-6666. It’s a nearly complete specimen
Media Deptictions
Jurassic World Evolution 2 Added in the Cretaceous Predator Pack along with (Utahraptor https://skeletron8000.neocities.org/Mesozoic/Utahraptor), (Gigantoraptor https://skeletron8000.neocities.org/Mesozoic/Gigantoraptor) and Tarbosaurus. Concavenator was considered to be the most requested species to be added to the game, and it did not disappoint a feisty carnivore is difficult to contain requiring lot’s of water and forest and easily climbing over fences. It has mostly darker colored patterns. And it features quills on the arms and back of the head.