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sharp-clawed runner
Ligabueino
Say it like this: “LEE-gah-BOO-ay-EE-noh”
Ligabueino andesi
Ligabueino ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 1996 · Bonaparte, J. F.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 0.8 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Argentina · La Amarga
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Abelisauroidea
The story in short
Ligabueino was formally named in 1996 by J. F. Bonaparte. The name means “little one.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the La Amarga Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Ligabueino at a length near 0.8 m.
On the family tree it sits in Abelisauroidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.