Genus: Archaeovenator REISZ & DILKES, 2003
Etymology: Latin, archaeo, "ancient" and Latin, venator, "hunter": Acient hunter.
= Nova REISZ & DILKES, 1995

Species: hamiltonensis REISZ & DILKES, 2003
Etymology: In reference to the locality where the specimen was found, the Hamilton Quarry, near Hamilton, Greenwood County, Kansas.

Holotype: KUVP 12483

Locality: Hamilton Quarry, near Hamilton, Greenwood County, Kansas.

Horizon: Calhoun Shale, Shawnee Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Virgilian Series (Stephanian of Europe), Gzelian Epoch, Late Pennsylvanian.

Material: Skull and skeleton.