Huayracursor

wind runner

• huayra · Quechua · wind
• cursor · Latin · runner

The name combines the Quechua word "huayra" (wind) with the Latin "cursor" (runner), so it means "wind runner". It points to the animal's inferred light, fast-moving build. The type species is Huayracursor jaguensis.

Period

Late Triassic

Huayracursor is an early sauropodomorph dinosaur from South America (Argentina). I am not certain of the authorship, year, formation or exact stage, so I have left those fields blank. Please check them against the original description.