Genusaurus

DV-0380 · type species Genusaurus sisteronis

Lived: 110 to 106 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Carnivore
Group: Theropods, Abelisauridae
Found in: France
Named by: Accarie et al. 1995

Field notes

About Genusaurus

Genusaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 110 to 106 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Genusaurus, from France. Its fossils come from the Marnes bleues Formation. It was named by Accarie et al. in 1995.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

110 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Abelisauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. Accarie, B. Beaudoin, and J. Dejax, G. Friès, J.-G. Michard, P. Taquet. 1995. Découverte d'un Dinosaure théropode nouveau (Genusaurus sisteronis n. g., n. sp.) dans l'Albien marin de Sisteron (Alpes de Haute-Provence, France) et extension au Crétacé inférieur de la lignée cératosaurienne [Discovery of a new theropod dinosaur (Genusaurus sisteronis n. g., n. sp.) in the marine Albian of Sisteron (Alpes de Haute-Provence, France) and extension of the ceratosaur lineage into the Lower Cretaceous]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, série IIa 320:327-344