LegendaryAucasaurus
Aucasaurus garridoi
AW-kah-SORE-us· “Auca lizard”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🥩 carnivore🦴 Abelisauridae
5.5 m
Length
1.7 m
Height
700 kg
Weight
A medium-sized abelisaur from Argentina with tiny, almost useless arms — even more reduced than a Tyrannosaurus's — and a short, deep skull. It hunted the plains of Late Cretaceous Patagonia.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~83–79 million years ago
Found in
Argentina
Discovered
Rodolfo Coria, 2002
Did you know?
- Its arms were even more reduced and useless than Tyrannosaurus's.
- A relative of the horned Carnotaurus, from Patagonia.
- Known from one of the most complete abelisaur skeletons.
Artwork: Mariana Ruiz LadyofHats, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.