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sharp-clawed runner
Huinculsaurus
Say it like this: “HYOO-win-kul-SOR-us”
Huinculsaurus montesi
Huinculsaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2020 · Baiano, M. A.; Coria, R. A.; Cau, A.
- Hip height
- 0.8 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 3.4 m · 11 ft
- Weight
- 25 kg · 55 lb
- Found in
- Argentina · Huincul
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Elaphrosaurinae
The story in short
Huinculsaurus was formally named in 2020 by M. A. Baiano and colleagues. The name means “huincul lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian), roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Huincul Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Huinculsaurus at a length near 3.4 m, hips about 0.8 m high, and a body mass around 25 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Elaphrosaurinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.