Rugops primus Sereno et al. 2004 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Alternative combination: Rigops primus

Full reference: P. C. Sereno, J. A. Wilson, and J. L. Conrad. 2004. New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in the mid-Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271(1546):1325-1330

Belongs to Rugops according to M. T. Carrano and S. D. Sampson 2008

See also Brusatte and Sereno 2007, Buffetaut et al. 2005, Coria et al. 2006, Dalman 2014, Delcourt 2018, Delcourt and Grillo 2018, Fanti et al. 2014, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Ibrahim et al. 2020, Le Loeuff et al. 2012, Malkani 2007, Novas et al. 2005, Ratsinbaholison et al. 2016, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Sereno et al. 2004 and Souza-JĂșnior et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNN IGU1, a partial skull. Its type locality is Iguidi, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in the Echkar Formation of Niger.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Iguidi

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.