Pycnonemosaurus
Field photograph to come
Pycnonemosaurus
DV-0503
- Lived
- 101 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Kellner and Campos 2002
Field notes
About Pycnonemosaurus
Pycnonemosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Pycnonemosaurus, from Brazil. It was named by Kellner and Campos in 2002.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. W. A. Kellner and D. d. A. Campos. 2002. On a theropod dinosaur (Abelisauria) from the continental Cretaceous of Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 60(3):163-170