Genus: Dinevenator JASINSKI & SULLIVAN, 2026
Etymology: Navajo, Dine, in reference to the people of the Navajo Nation, and Latin, venat, “hunt”; Navajo hunter.

Species: robustus (SULLIVAN, 2006) RIVERA-SYLVA, AGUILLO-MARTINEZ, FLORES-VENTURA, SANCHEZ-URIBE, GUZMAN-GUITERREZ & LONGRICH, 2026
= Saurornitholestes robustus SULLIVAN, 2006
Etymology: Latin, robusutus, "robust or strong."
= Xenovenator robustus (SULLIVAN, 2006) RIVERA-SYLVA, AGUILLO-MARTINEZ, FLORES-VENTURA, SANCHEZ-URIBE, GUZMAN-GUITERREZ & LONGRICH, 2026

Holotype: SMP VP-1955

Locality: SMP Loc. no. 388 (Alamo Wash [North Fork]), San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: De-na-zin Member, Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Kirtlandian age, Upper Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: Nearly complete frontal.

Dinvenator robustus SMP VP-1955 after JASINSKI & SULLIVAN, 2026, frontal: A) dorsal; B) ventral; C) medial; D) lateral: E) anterior and F) posterior views.

Dinvenator robustus SMP VP-1955 after JASINSKI & SULLIVAN, 2026.

Referred material:

= Cf. Saurornitholestes robustus

Locality: SMP Loc. no. 350, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: De-na-zin Member, Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Kirtlandian age, Upper Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

SMP VP-1901: Tooth.

 

Locality: SMP Loc. no. 361, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: De-na-zin Member, Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Kirtlandian age, Upper Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

SMP VP-1741: Fragmentary left pedal ungual.

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