Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Concavenator

Say it kon-ka-VEN-at-or. The name means ‘hunter from the Spanish province of Cuenca’.

Concavenator beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods
Length
6 m
Diet
Meat-eater
When
Early Cretaceous130 to 125 million years ago
Fossils found in
Spain
Named by
Ortega, Escaco and Sanz (2010)
Family tree
Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Carcharodontosauridae
TriassicJurassicCretaceousConcavenator252 Ma66 Ma
Where Concavenator sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63

Lived at the same time

Other large theropods

Source: Concavenator in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.