Labocania

Field photograph to come

DV-0223Cerro del Pueblo Fm., Mexico

Labocania

DV-0223 · type species Labocania anomala

Lived
86 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods, Tyrannosauridae
Found in
Mexico
Named by
Molnar 1974

Field notes

About Labocania

Labocania was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Tyrannosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Labocania, from Mexico. Its fossils come from rocks including the Cerro del Pueblo Formation and the La Bocana Roja Formation. It was named by Molnar in 1974.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Tyrannosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. E. Molnar. 1974. A distinctive theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Baja California (Mexico). Journal of Paleontology 48(5):1009-1017