Quilmesaurus
Field photograph to come
Quilmesaurus
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- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Coria 2001
Field notes
About Quilmesaurus
Quilmesaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Quilmesaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Allen Formation. It was named by Coria in 2001.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. A. Coria. 2001. New theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life