Austrocheirus

Ezcurra et al. 2010

Austrocheirus is an extinct genus of theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period. It was named and described by Martin Ezcurra, Federico Agnolin and Fernando Novas in 2010. It contains the type species Austrocheirus isasii. The generic name means "southern hand". The specific epithet honours discoverer and preparator Marcelo Pablo Isasi.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Theropoda Unranked clade

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Neotheropoda Unranked clade

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Averostra Unranked clade

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Ceratosauria Suborder

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Noasauridae Family

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Austrocheirus Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇦🇷 Argentina

Geological formations

Cerro Fortaleza

Temporal distribution

Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)

Species (1)

Austrocheirus isasii 84 Ma

Bibliography

Original description

M. D. Ezcurra, F. L. Agnolin, and F. E. Novas. 2010. An abelisauroid dinosaur with a non-atrophied manus from the Late Cretaceous Pari Aike Formation of southern Patagonia. Zootaxa 2450:1-25 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

M. D. Ezcurra, F. L. Agnolin, and F. E. Novas. 2010. A medium-sized basal abelisauroid with well-developed manus from the Late Cretaceous of southern Patagonia. XXV Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 47(4 (suppl.)):10R