Named By: | A. B. Arcucci & A. C Rodolfo in 2003 |
Time Period: | 200-197 Ma Late Triassic to Early Jurassic |
Location: | Argentina, La Rioja Province - Los Colorados Formation |
Size: | Skull 45 centimetres long, total body length about 4 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Almost complete skull, right lower leg and ankle, right shoulder girdle, twelve assorted vertebrae |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Neotheropoda | |
Zupaysaurus ("ZOO-pay-SAWR-us") is a genus of early theropod dinosaur living during the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic to Hettangian stage of the Early Jurassic of what is now Argentina. Although a full skeleton has not yet been discovered, Zupaysaurus can be considered a bipedal predator, up to 4 meters (13 ft) long. It may have had two parallel crests running the length of its snout.