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ZUPAYSAURUS
(zoo-pay-sore-us)
meaning: "Devil lizard - from the Quechua word zupay which means 'devil'"
Zupaysaurus
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 |
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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.

Read more about Zupaysaurus at Wikipedia
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