Pycnonemosaurus

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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

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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