Achillesaurus
Field photograph to come
Achillesaurus
DV-0617 · type species Achillesaurus manazzonei
- Lived
- 86 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Alvarezsauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Martinelli and Vera 2007
Field notes
About Achillesaurus
Achillesaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 84 million years ago. It belongs to the family Alvarezsauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Achillesaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation. It was named by Martinelli and Vera in 2007.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Alvarezsauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. G. Martinelli and E. I. Vera. 2007. Achillesaurus manzzonei, a new alvarezsaurid theropod (Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina. Zootaxa 1582:1-17