Unquillosaurus
Field photograph to come
Unquillosaurus
DV-0260 · type species Unquillosaurus ceibalii
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Carcharodontosauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Powell 1979
Field notes
About Unquillosaurus
Unquillosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Carcharodontosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Unquillosaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Los Blanquitos Formation. It was named by Powell in 1979.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Carcharodontosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. E. Powell. 1979. Sobre una asociacion de Dinosaurios y otras evidencias de vertebrados del Crétacico Superior de la region de La Candelaria, Prov. de Salta, Argentina. Ameghiniana 16(1-2):191-204