Austrocheirus
Field photograph to come
Austrocheirus
DV-0719 · type species Austrocheirus isasii
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Noasauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Ezcurra et al. 2010
Field notes
About Austrocheirus
Austrocheirus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Noasauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Austrocheirus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Cerro Fortaleza Formation. It was named by Ezcurra et al. in 2010.
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 Noasauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. D. Ezcurra, F. L. Agnolin, and F. E. Novas. 2010. An abelisauroid dinosaur with a non-atrophied manus from the Late Cretaceous Pari Aike Formation of southern Patagonia. Zootaxa 2450:1-25