Tarascosaurus salluvicus Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1991 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Full reference: J. Le Loeuff and E. Buffetaut. 1991. Tarascosaurus salluvicus nov. gen., nov. sp., dinosaure théropode du Crétacé supérieur du sud de la France [Tarascosaurus salluvicus nov. gen., nov. sp., a theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France]. Géobios 25(5):585-594

Belongs to Tarascosaurus according to M. T. Carrano and S. D. Sampson 2008

See also Buffetaut et al. 1991, Holtz 1998, Isasmendi et al. 2022, Le Loeuff 1998, Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1991, Le Loeuff et al. 1992, Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1995, Osi and Buffetaut 2011, Rauhut 2003, Sampson et al. 1996, Torices et al. 2015, Tortosa et al. 2010 and Tykoski and Rowe 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FSL 330201. Its type locality is Lambeau de Beausset, which is in a Campanian/Campanian carbonate limestone in France.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lambeau de Beausset

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