Genus
Valid Extinct

Huinculsaurus

Baiano et al. 2020

Huinculsaurus is an extinct genus of noasaurid dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Huinculsaurus montesi, known from five partial vertebrae.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Huinculsaurus
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Life restoration of Huinculsaurus based in the skeletal diagram of Elaphrosaurus by GetAwayTrike. © Levi bernardo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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Averostra Unranked clade
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Ceratosauria Suborder
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Noasauridae Family
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Huinculsaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Huincul
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Huinculsaurus montesi 101 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M. A. Baiano, R. A. Coria, and A. Cau. 2020. A new abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Huincul formation (lower upper Cretaceous, Neuquén Basin) of Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 110:104408 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
M. A. Baiano, R. A. Coria, and A. Cau. 2020. A new abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Huincul formation (lower upper Cretaceous, Neuquén Basin) of Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 110:104408 DOI ↗