Niebla antiqua Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2021 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Full reference: M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. A. Cerroni, J. A. Garcia Marsà, F. I. Agnolín, M. J. Motta, S. Rozadilla, F. Brisson Eglí and F. E. Novas. 2021. A new medium-sized abelisaurid (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Allen Formation of Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 105:102915:1-18

Belongs to Niebla according to M. Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPCN-PV-796, a partial skeleton (Braincase, dentary, teeth, dorsal vertebrae, scapulocoracoid). Its type locality is Niebla type locality, Arriagada Farm, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Allen Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Niebla type locality, Arriagada Farm

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