Huinculsaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-1102Huincul Fm., Argentina

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

1 find

110 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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