Quilmesaurus curriei Coria 2001 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Full reference: R. A. Coria. 2001. New theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life 3-9

Belongs to Quilmesaurus according to E. B. Machado et al. 2013

See also Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2021, Candeiro 2010, Candeiro and Harris 2012, Candeiro and Martinelli 2005, Carrano and Sampson 2008, Coria 2001, Coria et al. 2006, de Souza et al. 2020, Filippi et al. 2016, Goianechini and Apesteguía 2011, Holtz et al. 2004, Juárez Valieri et al. 2004, Juárez Valieri and Fiorelli 2004, Juárez Valieri et al. 2007, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2003, Rolando et al. 2022, Salgado et al. 2009 and Smith et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPCA-PV 100. Its type locality is Salitral Ojo de Agua (general), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Allen Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): tibia circumference 124.0

Distribution: found only at Salitral Ojo de Agua (general)

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