Austrocheirus isasii Austrocheirus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Austrocheirus 6.5 m (21.3 ft) long
4 people holding hands
- Length
- 6.5 m (21.3 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (76–70 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Noasauridae
Austrocheirus is an extinct genus of theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period. It was named and described by Martin Ezcurra, Federico Agnolin and Fernando Novas in 2010. It contains the type species Austrocheirus isasii. The generic name means “southern hand”. The specific epithet honours discoverer and preparator Marcelo Pablo Isasi.
The fossils were found on 17 March 2002 in the Pari Aike Formation, dating from the Campanian to Maastrichtian. These fossils consist of a partial manus (hand), a tibia, axial bones, and a foot bone.
What we know
- Named by Ezcurra et al., 2010.
- Body length estimated at about 6.5 m.
- Fossils found in Argentina.