Mahuidacursor Mahuidacursor

"mountain runner"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Mahuidacursor 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Cretaceous (145–66 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Mahuidacursor (meaning “mountain runner”, mahuida meaning “mountain” in Mapudungun) is a genus of basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Santonian Bajo de la Carpa Formation of the Neuquén Basin in northern Patagonia, Argentina. The type and only species is M. lipanglef.

What we know

  • Named by Cruzado Caballero et al. 2019.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.