Aniksosaurus
Field photograph to come
Aniksosaurus
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- Lived
- 101 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Compsognathidae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Martínez and Novas 2006
Field notes
About Aniksosaurus
Aniksosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 90 million years ago. It belongs to the family Compsognathidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Aniksosaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajo Barreal Formation. It was named by Martínez and Novas in 2006.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Compsognathidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. D. Martínez and F. E. Novas. 2006. Aniksosaurus darwini gen. et sp. nov., a new coelurosaurian theropod from the early Late Cretaceous of central Patagonia, Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 8(2):243-259