Tarascosaurus
Field photograph to come
Tarascosaurus
DV-0345
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- France
- Named by
- Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1991
Field notes
About Tarascosaurus
Tarascosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Tarascosaurus, from France. It was named by Le Loeuff and Buffetaut in 1991.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. Le Loeuff and E. Buffetaut. 1991. Tarascosaurus salluvicus nov. gen., nov. sp., dinosaure théropode du Crétacé supérieur du sud de la France [Tarascosaurus salluvicus nov. gen., nov. sp., a theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France]. Géobios 25(5):585-594