Huinculsaurus
Field photograph to come
Huinculsaurus
DV-1102
- Lived
- 110 to 106 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Noasauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Baiano et al. 2020
Field notes
About Huinculsaurus
Huinculsaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 110 to 106 million years ago. It belongs to the family Noasauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Huinculsaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Huincul Formation. It was named by Baiano et al. in 2020.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Noasauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. A. Baiano, R. A. Coria, and A. Cau. 2020. A new abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Huincul formation (lower upper Cretaceous, Neuquén Basin) of Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 110:104408