Genus
Valid Extinct

Zupaysaurus

Arcucci and Coria 2003
Etymology Reptile du diable (Zupay en Quechua)|classification=Tetanurae |ères=Norien (216-203 MA.)|taille=4 m de long|poids=?|régime=carnivore|géographie=Nord-Ouest de l'''Argentine'' (Los Colorados Formation de La Rioja),

Zupaysaurus is an extinct genus of early theropod dinosaur living during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic in what is now Argentina. Fossils of the dinosaur were found in the Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina. Although a full skeleton has not yet been discovered, Zupaysaurus can be considered a bipedal predator, up to 4 metres (13 ft) long. It may have had two parallel crests running the length of its snout.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Zupaysaurus
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The skull of Zupaysaurus rougieri (A) in right lateral view. Scale bar equals 5 cm. Cropped from Figure 2 in the source. anfe - antorbital fenestra emf - external mandibular fenestra itf - infratemporal fenestra or - orbit © Ezcurra, Martin Daniel; Novas, Fernando Emilio; · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Zupaysaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
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🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Los Colorados
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Zupaysaurus rougieri 227 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. B. Arcucci and R. A. Coria. 2003. A new Triassic carnivorous dinosaur from Argentina. Ameghiniana 40(2):217-228
Bibliography (1)
A. B. Arcucci and R. A. Coria. 2003. A new Triassic carnivorous dinosaur from Argentina. Ameghiniana 40(2):217-228