Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Neovenator

Say it nee-oh-ve-nay-tor. The name means ‘new hunter’.

Neovenator 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: 7.4 m
Diet: Meat-eater
When: Early Cretaceous127 to 121 million years ago
Fossils found in: England
Named by: Hutt, Martill and Barker (1996)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Carcharodontosauridae

Where Neovenator 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

Found in Britain. Fossils of Neovenator have been found in the United Kingdom. Read about how Britain moved across the globe in Britain's journey.

Lived at the same time

Eotyrannus · same country
Iguanodon · same country
Valdosaurus · same country
Hypsilophodon · same country
Baryonyx · same country
Pelorosaurus · same country
Polacanthus · same country
Afrovenator

Other large theropods

Eotyrannus Early Cretaceous
Baryonyx Early Cretaceous
Yutyrannus Early Cretaceous
Concavenator Early Cretaceous
Afrovenator Early Cretaceous
Fukuiraptor Early Cretaceous
Suchomimus Early Cretaceous
Acrocanthosaurus Early Cretaceous

Source: Neovenator 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.