Ligabueino

Field photograph to come

DV-0392La Amarga Fm., Argentina

Ligabueino

DV-0392

Lived
126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods, Noasauridae
Found in
Argentina
Named by
Bonaparte 1996

Field notes

About Ligabueino

Ligabueino was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Noasauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ligabueino, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the La Amarga Formation. It was named by Bonaparte in 1996.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

125 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: J. F. Bonaparte. 1996. Cretaceous tetrapods of Argentina. Münchner Geowissenschaften Abhandlungen 30:73-130