Velocisaurus
Field photograph to come
Velocisaurus
DV-0347
- Lived
- 86 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Noasauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Bonaparte 1991
Field notes
About Velocisaurus
Velocisaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 84 million years ago. It belongs to the family Noasauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Velocisaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation. It was named by Bonaparte in 1991.
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 Noasauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. F. Bonaparte. 1991. Los vertebrados fósiles de la Formación Rio Colorado, de la Ciudad de Neuquén y Cercanías, Cretácico Superior, Argentina [The vertebrate fossils of the Rio Colorado Formation, from the city of Neuquén and surrounding areas, Upper Cretaceous, Argentina]. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales: Paleontología 4(3):17-123