Outline: a typical theropod
Achillesaurus
"Achilles lizard"
Type species Achillesaurus manazzonei
- Lived
- 86 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Alvarezsauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Martinelli and Vera 2007
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
80 million years ago
Field notes
About Achillesaurus
What it was like
Achillesaurus was an alvarezsaur, a small, long-legged theropod. It is known from part of a leg, hip and tail. Some scientists think it may be the same animal as Alvarezsaurus.
Its world
It lived about 86 to 84 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous, in what is now Argentina. It comes from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation, where it shared the land with Alvarezsaurus, the megaraptor Tratayenia and the abelisaur Viavenator.
How it was found
Martinelli and Vera named Achillesaurus in 2007. The type species is Achillesaurus manazzonei. Its name refers to the well preserved heel bone.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Alvarezsauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: A. G. Martinelli and E. I. Vera. 2007. Achillesaurus manzzonei, a new alvarezsaurid theropod (Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina. Zootaxa 1582:1-17