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Mahuidacursor Mahuidacursor lipanglef Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2019

/mˈæhjuːˌɪdɐkˌɜːsɚ/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · 85.7–83.6 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Country
Argentina
Region
Neuquén
Formation
Bajo de la Carpa
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Argentina. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Mahuidacursor lipanglef is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 85.7–83.6 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Neuquén, Argentina. It was named by Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2019. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Mahuidacursor lipanglef sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Mahuidacursor
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Mahuidacursor lipanglef's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Neuquenornis
Neuquenornis volans
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predator–prey
Velocisaurus
Velocisaurus unicus
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predator–prey
Tratayenia
Tratayenia rosalesi
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coexisted–with
Parahesperornis
Parahesperornis alexi
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coexisted–with
Segnosaurus
Segnosaurus galbinensis
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coexisted–with
Baptornis
Baptornis advenus
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same–clade
Zhanghenglong
Zhanghenglong yangchengensis
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same–clade
Huehuecanauhtlus
Huehuecanauhtlus tiquichensis
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