Reptilia - Theropoda - Compsognathidae
Full reference: R. D. Martínez and F. E. Novas. 2006. Aniksosaurus darwini gen. et sp. nov., a new coelurosaurian theropod from the early Late Cretaceous of central Patagonia, Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 8(2):243-259
Belongs to Aniksosaurus according to F. E. Novas et al. 2013
See also Casal et al. 2013, Choiniere et al. 2010, Ibiricu et al. 2011, Ibiricu et al. 2013 and Martínez and Novas 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MDT-PV 1/48, a set of limb elements. Its type locality is Cañadón Las Horquetas, estancia Laguna Palacios, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian crevasse splay sandstone/tuff in the Bajo Barreal Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cañadón Las Horquetas, estancia Laguna Palacios
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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