Tarascosaurus
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| Tarascosaurus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous |
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Tarascosaurus is a genus of abelisaurid dinosaur from Late Cretaceous France. It is the only known abelisaurid from the Northern Hemisphere, but is known from only a few bones. It is considered to be dubious because of the material is not diagnostic. The type species, Tarascosaurus salluvicus, was described by Le Loeuff and Buffetaut in 1991[1].
[edit] In popular culture
Tarascosaurus is featured in the second episode of the Discovery Channel TV series Dinosaur Planet as the top predator living in the southern European islands of the Late Cretaceous Period.
[edit] References & Notes
- ^ Jean Le Loeuff and Eric 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). Geobios, Volume 24, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 585-594.
- Ronan Allain, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola (2003). Dinosaurs of France. Comptes-Rendus Palevol: vol.2, n°1: p.27-44. Read this article online
[edit] External links
- Tarascosaurus in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia at Dino Russ's Lair
- Tarascosaurus in Thescelosaurus! (scroll to Abelisauroidea i.s.)
- Ampelosaurus atacis et Tarascosaurus salluvicus by Alain Bénéteau (Paleospot.com)
- (French) Description of Tarascosaurus
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