Zupaysaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0532Los Colorados Fm., Argentina

Zupaysaurus

DV-0532

Lived
227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods
Found in
Argentina
Named by
Arcucci and Coria 2003

Field notes

About Zupaysaurus

Zupaysaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Zupaysaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Los Colorados Formation. It was named by Arcucci and Coria in 2003.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

220 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Neotheropoda.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. B. Arcucci and R. A. Coria. 2003. A new Triassic carnivorous dinosaur from Argentina. Ameghiniana 40(2):217-228