Aucasaurus
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Aucasaurus
DV-0498 · type species Aucasaurus garridoi
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- about 5 m (16 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Coria et al. 2002
Field notes
About Aucasaurus
Aucasaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Aucasaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Anacleto Formation. It was named by Coria et al. in 2002.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
To scale
How big was Aucasaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. A. Coria, L. M. Chiappe, and L. Dingus. 2002. A new close relative of <i>Carnotaurus sastrei</i> Bonaparte 1985 (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(2):460-465