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==In popular culture== |
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''Tarascosaurus'' is featured in the second episode of the [[Discovery Channel]] TV series ''[[Dinosaur Planet (television series)|Dinosaur Planet]]'' as the top [[carnivore|predator]] living in the southern [[Europe]]an islands of the Late Cretaceous [[period (geology)|Period]]. |
''Tarascosaurus'' is featured in the second episode of the [[Discovery Channel]] TV series ''[[Dinosaur Planet (television series)|Dinosaur Planet]]'' as the top [[carnivore|predator]] living in the southern [[Europe]]an islands of the Late Cretaceous [[period (geology)|Period]]. It is also shown scaring off a pack of ''Pyroraptors'' and is also seen on Hateg Island as still the top predator. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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| Tarascosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, approximately
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| Genus: | Tarascosaurus Le Loeuff & Buffetaut, 1991
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Tarascosaurus (Tarasque lizard) is a genus of abelisaurid dinosaur from Late Cretaceous France. It is the only known abelisaurid from the Northern Hemisphere, but is known from only a few bones. It is considered to be dubious because the material is not diagnostic. The type species, Tarascosaurus salluvicus, was described by Le Loeuff and Buffetaut in 1991.[1] A life size reconstruction of this dinosaur can be seen at Dinosauria, a dinosaur museum located in Espéraza, France.
In popular culture
Tarascosaurus is featured in the second episode of the Discovery Channel TV series Dinosaur Planet as the top predator living in the southern European islands of the Late Cretaceous Period. It is also shown scaring off a pack of Pyroraptors and is also seen on Hateg Island as still the top predator.
References
- ^ Jean Le Loeuff and Eric 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"). Geobios, 24(5): 585-594.
- Ronan Allain, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola (2003). Dinosaurs of France. Comptes-Rendus Palevol: vol.2, n°1: p.27-44. Read this article online
External links
- Tarascosaurus in Thescelosaurus! (scroll to Abelisauroidea i.s.)
- Ampelosaurus atacis et Tarascosaurus salluvicus by Alain Bénéteau (Paleospot.com)
- Template:Fr Description of Tarascosaurus
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