Huayracursor jaguensis Huayracursor

"wind runner"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Huayracursor 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Triassic (237–201 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Huayracursor (“wind runner”) is an extinct genus of early sauropodomorph dinosaurs known from the Late Triassic (Carnian age) Santo Domingo Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Huayracursor jaguensis, known from a partial articulated skeleton.

What we know

  • Named by Hechenleitner et al., 2025.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.