Alvarezsaurus
Field photograph to come
Alvarezsaurus
DV-0338
- Lived
- 86 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- about 2 m (7 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Alvarezsauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Bonaparte 1991
Field notes
About Alvarezsaurus
Alvarezsaurus 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 Alvarezsaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation. It was named by Bonaparte in 1991.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
To scale
How big was Alvarezsaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Alvarezsauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. F. Bonaparte. 1991. Los vertebrados fósiles de la Formación Rio Colorado, de la Ciudad de Neuquén y Cercanías, Cretácico Superior, Argentina [The vertebrate fossils of the Rio Colorado Formation, from the city of Neuquén and surrounding areas, Upper Cretaceous, Argentina]. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales: Paleontología 4(3):17-123