Xenotarsosaurus
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Xenotarsosaurus
DV-0315 · type species Xenotarsosaurus bonapartei
- Lived
- 101 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Martínez et al. 1986
Field notes
About Xenotarsosaurus
Xenotarsosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 90 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Xenotarsosaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajo Barreal Formation. It was named by Martínez et al. in 1986.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. D. Martínez, O. Giménez, and J. Rodríguez, G. Bochatey. 1986. Xenotarsosaurus bonapartei nov. gen. et sp. (Carnosauria, Abelisauridae), un nuevo Theropoda de la Formacion Bajo Barreal, Chubut, Argentina [Xenotarsosaurus bonapartei nov. gen. et sp. (Carnosauria, Abelisauridae), a new Theropoda from the Bajo Barreal Formation, Chubut, Argentina]. IV Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia 1:23-31