Genus: Larsonvenator SANCARLO & PAUL, 2026
Etymology: In honor of Peter Larson for his extensive research of the TT-zone tyrannosur taxa great and small, and Latin, -venator, "hunter”.
Species: elegans SANCARLO & PAUL, 2026
Etymology: Latin, elegans, "elegant, fine."
= Nanotyrannus lancensis ZANNO & NAPOLI, 2025
= Styginvator molnari LONGRICH & SAITTA, 2024
= Stygivenator sp PAUL, 2025
Holotype: NCSM 40000 (ex BHI 6437)
Locality: Near Jordan, Garfield County, Montana.
Horizon: Hell Creek Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lancian age, upper Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Nearly complete skull and skeleton.
Note: One of the Dueling Dinosaurs.