Arkansaurus

DV-1013 · type species Arkansaurus fridayi

Lived: 113 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Omnivore
Group: Theropods
Found in: United States
Named by: Hunt and Quinn 2018

Field notes

About Arkansaurus

Arkansaurus was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 101 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Arkansaurus, from Arkansas. It was named by Hunt and Quinn in 2018.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

105 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Ornithomimosauria.

AviatyrannisLate Jurassic
PelecanimimusEarly Cretaceous
AfromimusEarly Cretaceous
KinnareemimusEarly Cretaceous
ShenzhousaurusEarly Cretaceous
HexingEarly Cretaceous
BeishanlongEarly Cretaceous
NqwebasaurusEarly Cretaceous

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. K. Hunt and J. H. Quinn. 2018. A new ornithomimosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Trinity Group of Arkansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(1):e1421209:1-12