Named Dinevenator robustus, the dinosaur was identified after scientists revisited a specimen that had changed classification several times over the past two decades. A Fossil That Changed Identity Several TimesThe story of Dinevenator robustus is also the story of how dinosaur research evolves. The same fossil specimen has been studied under different interpretations as scientists compared it with new discoveries from around the world. The researchers named the new dinosaur Dinevenator robustus, a genus with only one recognized species. Their analysis compared the fossil with other troodontids and examined its place on the dinosaur family tree.