Mahuidacursor
| Mahuidacursor Temporal range: Santonian ~ | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| 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. It is a basal (phylogenetics) taxon, closely related to Macrogryphosaurus. [1]
References
[edit]- ↑ 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. Bibcode:2019CrRes..98..211C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.02.014. hdl:11336/122795. S2CID 133830733.
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