
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
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- 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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Aucasaurus garridoi Aucasaurus Squelette monté d'Aucasaurus. Genre † AucasaurusCoria, Chiappe & (d), 2002 Espèce † Aucasaurus garridoiCoria, Chiappe & (d), 2002 Aucasaurus est un genre de dinosaures théropodes abélisauridés d'Amérique du Sud (Argentine), ayant vécu au Crétacé supérieur. Son nom signifie « Lézard d'Auca Mahuevo » (du nom de la formation où il fut retrouvé).
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