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Quilmesaurus
Say it like this: “keel-may-SAWR-us”
Quilmesaurus curriei
Quilmesaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2001 · Coria, R. A.
- Hip height
- 1.5 m · 5 ft
- Length
- 5.3 m · 17 ft
- Weight
- 900 kg · 1,984 lb
- Found in
- Argentina · Allen
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Furileusauria
The story in short
Quilmesaurus was formally named in 2001 by R. A. Coria. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Quilmesaurus date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Allen Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Quilmesaurus at a length near 5.3 m, hips about 1.5 m high, and a body mass around 900 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Furileusauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.