Outline: a typical theropod
Tarascosaurus
"Tarasque lizard"
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- France
- Named by
- Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1991
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
80 million years ago
Field notes
About Tarascosaurus
What it was like
Tarascosaurus was a small predator known from a few bones. It was described as an abelisaur, but the fossils are so incomplete that many scientists think the name is doubtful.
Its world
It lived in the Late Cretaceous, in what is now France.
How it was found
Le Loeuff and Buffetaut named Tarascosaurus in 1991. Its name comes from a monster of local legend.
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: J. Le Loeuff and E. Buffetaut. 1991. Tarascosaurus salluvicus nov. gen., nov. sp., dinosaure théropode du Crétacé supérieur du sud de la France [Tarascosaurus salluvicus nov. gen., nov. sp., a theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France]. Géobios 25(5):585-594