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Labocania anomala

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Labocania 7 m (23 ft) long
as long as 4 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Labocania
Length
7 m (23 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Mexico
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Tyrannosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Tyrannosauroidea Late-Cretaceous tyrants: T. rex, Tarbosaurus, Albertosaurus.

Labocania is an extinct genus of theropod dinosaur of disputed affinities, known from the Late Cretaceous of Mexico. Initially regarded as an indeterminate theropod, later studies have mentioned possible affinities with tyrannosaurids, abelisaurids, or carcharodontosaurids. More recent research based on additional fossil material found support for a position within the tyrannosaurine clade Teratophoneini. Two species have been proposed: L. anomala (the type species), likely from the La Bocana Roja Formation, and L. aguillonae from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation.

What we know

  • Named by Molnar, 1974.
  • Body length estimated at about 7 m.
  • Fossils found in Mexico.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Labocania — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.