Achillesaurus Martinelli and Vera 2007 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Alvarezsauridae

Full reference: A. G. Martinelli and E. I. Vera. 2007. Achillesaurus manzzonei, a new alvarezsaurid theropod (Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina. Zootaxa 1582:1-17

Parent taxon: Alvarezsauridae according to A. O. Averianov and A. V. Lopatin 2021

See also Agnolin et al. 2012, Choiniere et al. 2010, Delcourt and Grillo 2014, Longrich and Currie 2009, Martinelli and Vera 2007, Novas et al. 2013, Salgado et al. 2009 and Xu et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Albertonykus, Alnashetri, Alvarezsaurus, Elopteryx, Parvicursorinae, Trierarchuncus

Subtaxa: Achillesaurus manazzonei

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Type: Achillesaurus manazzonei

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Paso Córdova [Bajo de la Carpa] (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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