Genus: Orovenator REISZ, MODESTO & SCOTT, 2011
Etymology: The generic name is from Classical Greek, Oro, "mountian";
alluding
to the Richards Spur locality, which is Latin, venator, "hunter."
Species: mayorum REISZ, MODESTO & SCOTT, 2011
Etymology: In honor of Bill and Julie May of Norman, Oklahoma, USA, for thier
contributions to paleontology of Oklahoma.
Holotype: OMNH 74606
Locality: Fort Sill, OMNH Locality V51, Dolese Brothers limestone quarry at Richards Spur, Fissure Fills, just west of U.S. Highways 62 & 281, 10.5 miles south of Apache, 6 miles north of Fort Sill, SW 1/2, Sec. 31, T4N, R11W, Comanche County, Oklahoma.
Horizon: Wellington Formation (Garber Formation), Summer Group, Arbuckle limestone, (Probably equivalent to the Arroyo Formation of Texas).
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Artinskian Stage, Late Cisuralian Epoch (Lower Rotliegendes Epoch), Early Permian.
Material: A partial skull preserving the snout, parasbasiphenoid, palate and mandible.
Referred material:
OMNH 74607: A partial skull preserving most of skull roof, palatal elements and vertebrae.