Biology:Mahuidacursor

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Short description: Extinct genus of dinosaurs


Mahuidacursor
Temporal range: Santonian
~86–83 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Clade: Elasmaria
Genus: Mahuidacursor
Cruzado Caballero et al. 2019
Type species
Mahuidacursor lipanglef
Cruzado Caballero et al. 2019

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.[1]

References

  1. Cruzado Caballero, P.; Gasca, J.M.; Filippi, L.S.; Cerda, I.; Garrido, A.C. (2019). "A new ornithopod dinosaur from the Santonian of Northern Patagonia (Rincón de los Sauces, Argentina)". Cretaceous Research 98: 211–229. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.02.014. http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/87827. 

Wikidata ☰ Q61790668 entry