Cariocecus
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Cariocecus
DV-1270 · type species Cariocecus bocagei
- Lived
- 126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- Portugal
- Named by
- Bertozzo et al. 2025
Field notes
About Cariocecus
Cariocecus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 121 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Cariocecus, from Portugal. Its fossils come from the Papo Seco Formation. It was named by Bertozzo et al. in 2025.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Hadrosauroidea.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. Bertozzo, B. Camilo, and R. Araújo, F. Manucci, J. C. Kullberg, D. G. Cerio, V. F. d. Carvalho, P. Marrecas, S. D. Figueiredo, P. Godefroit. 2025. Cariocecus bocagei, a new basal hadrosauroid from the Lower Cretaceous of Portugal. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 23(1)