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Aucasaurus
Aucasaurus garridoi
Era: CretaceousDiet: CarnivorousPeriod: Late CretaceousSize: 5m
Aucasaurus (meaning 'Auca Mahuevo lizard') is a genus of medium-sized abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from Argentina that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Campanian stage) of the Anacleto Formation. It was smaller than the related Carnotaurus, although more derived in some ways, such as its extremely reduced arms and almost total lack of fingers. The type skeleton is complete to the thirteenth caudal vertebra, and so is relatively well understood, and was the most complete abelisaurid known when described in 2002