Velocisaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0347Bajo de la Carpa Fm., Argentina

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

2 finds

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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