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AUCASAURUS garridoi
   
DESCRIBER

Coria Chiappe & Dingus, 2002

TIME Cretaceous Late
Campanian
CLASSIFICATION Saurischia Theropoda Abelisauridae Carnotaurini
DIET Carnivore
FOSSILSITE Anacleto Member, Auca Mahuevo site, upper Rio Colorado Formation, Néuquen Province, Argentina
FALL UNDER  
LENGTH 4.3 meter
INFO

(Alberto) Garrido (discoverer)'s Auca (Mahuevo) lizard.

A. garridoi was discovered during 1999 and is 70% the size of the Carnotaurus sastrei holotype specimen, it is described as the most complete abelisaur skeleton ever collected. The arms are proportionately larger than those of Carnotaurus,
the skull is longer and lower and has bumps instead of the horns seen in Carnotaurus. The specimen preserves impressions of soft tissue around the pelvic region.

The specimen had been buried at the bottom of a shallow lake; because part of its skull was broken apart, the describers suggest it may have been involved in a fight and killed when another dinosaur bit or struck its head, the exact cause of death remains uncertain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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