Labocania
Field photograph to come
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
80 million years ago
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