Zupaysaurus rougieri Arcucci and Coria 2003 (neotheropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: A. B. Arcucci and R. A. Coria. 2003. A new Triassic carnivorous dinosaur from Argentina. Ameghiniana 40(2):217-228

Belongs to Zupaysaurus according to M. T. Carrano and S. D. Sampson 2004

See also Arcucci and Coria 2003, Ezcurra 2007, Ezcurra 2017, Ezcurra and Apaldetti 2012, Ezcurra and Novas 2005, Ezcurra and Novas 2007, Langer et al. 2010, Martill et al. 2016, Martínez et al. 2015, Martinez and Apaldetti 2017, Martínez et al. 2016, Moro et al. 2020, Nesbitt and Ezcurra 2015, Pinheiro 2016, Yates 2005 and Zahner and Brinkmann 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PULR-076, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Quebrada de los Jachaleros, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Los Colorados Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada de los Jachaleros

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