
Aucasaurus
Sign in to saveAucasaurus (meaning 'Auca Mahuevo lizard') is a genus of medium-sized abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from Argentina that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Campanian stage) of the Anacleto Formation. It was smaller than the related Carnotaurus, although more derived in some ways, such as its extremely reduced arms and almost total lack of fingers. The type skeleton is complete to the thirteenth caudal vertebra, and so is relatively well understood, and was the most complete abelisaurid known when described in 2002. However, the skull is damaged, causing some paleontologists to specu
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Abelisauridae
- Image
- Aucasaurus.jpg
- Length
- 5.0
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- taxon name
- Aucasaurus
- Commons category
- Aucasaurus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons gallery
- Aucasaurus
- start time
- 90000000-0
- end time
- 83000000-0
- time period
- Late Cretaceous
- location of discovery
- Argentina
- main food source
- carnivore
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Article · Español
Aucasaurus garridoi (arn. "lagarto de Auca de Alberto Garrido") es la única especie conocida del género extinto Aucasaurus de dinosaurio terópodo abelisáurido que vivió a finales del Cretácico, hace aproximadamente 75 millones de años, durante el Campaniense, en lo que es hoy Sudamérica. El ejemplar holotipo es MCF-PVPH-236, un esqueleto casi completo y articulado desde el cráneo hasta la sección media de la cola.
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