What is Aucasaurus?
{{italic title}} {{taxobox | name = ''Aucasaurus'' | fossil_range = [[Upper Cretaceous]], 83 mya | image = Aucasaurus.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Mounted skeleton reconstruction | regnum = [[Animalia]] | classis = [[Sauropsida]] | superordo = [[Dinosauria]] | ordo = [[Saurischia]] | subordo [[Theropoda]] | familia = [[Abelisauridae]] | genus = ''Aucasaurus''}} '''''Aucasaurus''''' was a medium-sized [[theropod]] [[dinosaur]] from [[Argentina]] that lived during the [[Upper Cretaceous]]. It was smaller than its relative ''[[Carnotaurus]]''. It had extremely short arms. Its skeleton is the most complete [[Abelisauridae|abelisaurid]] skeleton discovered so far. However, the skull is damaged, causing some [[paleontologists]] to speculate that it was involved in a fight shortly before it died. ==In popular culture== This dinosaur was featured in the [[Discovery Channel]] series ''[[Dinosaur Planet]]'', where it was depicted as a pack hunter and ate the [[sauropod]] ''[[Saltasaurus]]''. In the episode, the head injury discovered in the type specimen was interpreted as being crushed by a stumbling ''Saltasaurus''. {{Abelisauridae}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Cretaceous dinosaurs]] [[Category:Abelisauridae]]