Tamarro
Field photograph to come
Tamarro
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- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- Spain
- Named by
- Sellés et al. 2021
Field notes
About Tamarro
Tamarro was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Troodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Tamarro, from Spain. Its fossils come from the Talarn Formation. It was named by Sellés et al. in 2021.
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 Troodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. G. Sellés, B. Vila, and S. L. Brusatte, P. J. Currie, A. Galobart. 2021. A fast-growing basal troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the latest Cretaceous of Europe. Scientific Reports 11:4855:1-12