Huehuecanauhtlus tiquichensis Huehuecanauhtlus

"ancient"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Huehuecanauhtlus 6 m (19.7 ft) long
4 people holding hands
Length
6 m (19.7 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (85.8–83.5 Mya)
Place
Mexico
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Huehuecanauhtlus is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian stage) of Michoacán, western Mexico. It contains a single species, Huehuecanauhtlus tiquichensis.

What we know

  • Named by Ramírez-Velasco et al., 2012.
  • Body length estimated at about 6 m.
  • Fossils found in Mexico.