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beaked plant-eater
Mahuidacursor
Mahuidacursor lipanglef
Mahuidacursor ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 2019 · Cruzado-Caballero, P.; Gasca, J. M.; Filippi, L. S.; Cerda, I. A.; Garrido, A. C.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Argentina · Bajo de la Carpa
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Elasmaria
The story in short
Mahuidacursor was formally named in 2019 by P. Cruzado-Caballero and colleagues.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Santonian), roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Bajo de la Carpa Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Mahuidacursor are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Elasmaria, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Anabisetia
Anabisetia saldiviai
Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
Atlascopcosaurus
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Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian · Albian) · roughly 125.8 to 100.5 million years ago
Chakisaurus
Chakisaurus nekul
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago