Labocania

What it was like

Labocania was a large two-legged meat eater known from partial remains. For decades scientists could not tell which family it belonged to. More recent finds suggest it was a tyrannosaur, a relative of Teratophoneus and Bistahieversor.

Its world

It lived in the Late Cretaceous, about 86 to 72 million years ago, in what is now Mexico. Its fossils come from the La Bocana Roja and Cerro del Pueblo formations. In the Cerro del Pueblo it shared the land with duck-bills such as Velafrons and Tlatolophus.

How it was found

Molnar named Labocania in 1974. The type species is Labocania anomala. Two finds are known.