Achillesaurus, Martinelli & Vera, 2007

Martinelli, Agustín G. & Vera, Ezequiel I., 2007, Achillesaurus manazzonei, a new alvarezsaurid theropod (Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina, Zootaxa 1582 (1), pp. 1-17 : 3

Genus Achillesaurus gen. nov.

Derivation of name. Achilles (Latin), in reference to Achilles’ heel, the weak point of Achilles in the book “Iliad” written by Homer, because the holotype has diagnostic features in this portion of the skeleton.

Type and only known species. Achillesaurus manazzonei sp. nov.

Diagnosis. The same as for the species.