Mahuidacursor
Appearance
Mahuidacursor Temporal range: Santonian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
Clade: | †Elasmaria |
Genus: | †Mahuidacursor Cruzado Caballero et al. 2019 |
Type species | |
†Mahuidacursor lipanglef Cruzado Caballero et al. 2019
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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.[1]
References
- ^ 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. in press: 211–229. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.02.014.