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VELOCISAURUS
(ve-los-e-sore-us)
meaning: "swift lizard"
Velocisaurus
Named By: Jose Bonaparte in 1991
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 85 Ma
Location: Argentina, Patagonia - Bajo de la Carpa Formation
Size: Roughly estimated about 1.2 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Ominvore
Fossil(s): Partial leg and foot
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Abelisauria | Noasauridae |
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Velocisaurus ("swift lizard") is a genus of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous period of Argentina.

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