The specific name honours the Dirección Nacional de Vialidad for assisting the Museo Paleontológico "Egidio Feruglio" in recovering the fossil.

[2] Asfaltovenator is only known from the holotype specimen MPEF PV 3440, which was found in a layer of the Cañadón Asfalto Formation which dates to the Middle Toarcian (179-178 million years old).

The eleventh and twelfth back vertebrae possess an additional forward ridge on the underside of the diapophysis, the process for the articulation facet of the top rib head.

[2] Spinosauridae Megalosauridae Piatnitzkysauridae Asfaltovenator vialidadi Metriacanthosauridae Allosauridae Neovenatoridae Carcharodontosauridae In 2024, Andrea Cau suggested a different position within Megalosauroidea, as a sister taxon of Sciurumimus and/or within a larger stem group.

[9] Palustrine littoral environment levels are seen at Cerro Cóndor and Estancia Fossati, characterized by the presence of lacustrine limestones interbedded with shales, tuffs and sandstones.

[11][12] The Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (TOAE), recently been recognized as a key driver of Jurassic dinosaur evolution, linked to volcanic eruptions in the Karoo-Ferrar region that caused multiple extinction pulses.

Ecological release after the TOAE likely facilitated this rapid evolution, though reconstructing lineage relationships is challenging due to high homoplasy and incomplete fossil records.