HUAYRACURSOR
a long-necked sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Late Triassic of Argentina.
Pronunciation: WHY-rah-KUR-suh
Meaning: Wind Runner
Author/s: Hechenleitner
et al. (
2025)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: La Rioja, Argentina
Discovery Chart Position: #1184
Huayracursor jaguensis
(Wind Runner from Jagüé)Etymology
Huayracursor is derived from the Quechua "Huayra" (wind) and the Latin "cursor" (runner).
The
species epithet,
jaguensis (hah-GWEN-sis), means "from Jagüé" in Latin.
Discovery
The remains of
Huayracursor were discovered in the Santo Domingo Formation (Northern Precordillera Basin) at Quebrada Santo Domingo quarry, Jagüé village, Vinchina, in the Andes of La Rioja province, Argentina.
The
holotype (CRILAR-Pv 151) is an articulated partial skeleton.
Preparators
E. Martín Hechenleitner, Agustín G. Martinelli and Malena Juarez.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Triassic
Stage: Carnian
Age range: 230 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: 2 meters
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: 18 Kg
Diet: Herbivore
References
• Hechenleitner EM, Martinelli AG, Rocher S, Fiorelli LE, Juarez M, Taborda JRA and Desojo JB (2025) "A long-necked early dinosaur from a newly discovered Upper Triassic basin in the Andes".
Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09634-3
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