Zupaysaurus Temporal range: Upper Triassic
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Superfamily: | Coelophysoidea
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Genus: | Zupaysaurus
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Species: | Z. rougieri
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Zupaysaurus rougieri Arcucci & Coria, 2003
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Zupaysaurus was a dinosaur that lived in South America 213 million years ago, during the Upper Triassic period. It was about 5 meters (15 feet) long. A dinosaur very similar to it, Dracovenator, lived in South Africa at the same time.
During the Triassic period, all the continents were connected to form the supercontinent of Pangaea, and animals could migrate freely between them. Zupaysaurus was a carnivore.
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