Zupaysaurus zoopay-SORRUHS
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You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Zupaysaurus 4 m (13.1 ft) long
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- Length
- 4 m (13.1 ft)
- Period
- Late Triassic (221–206 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina · Colorado, USA
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Zupaysaurus (; “ZOO-pay-SAWR-us”) is an extinct genus of early theropod dinosaur living during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic in what is now Argentina. Fossils of the dinosaur were found in the Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina. Although a full skeleton has not yet been discovered, Zupaysaurus can be considered a bipedal predator, up to 4 m long. It may have had two parallel crests running the length of its snout.
What we know
- Named by Arcucci & Coria 2003.
- Body length estimated at about 4 m.
- Fossils found in Argentina and Colorado, USA.