Llukalkan Gianechini et al. 2021 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Full reference: F. A. Gianechini, A. H. Méndez, L. S. Filippi, A. Paulina-Carabajal, R. D. Juárez-Valieri and A. C. Garrido. 2021. A new furileusaurian abelisaurid from La Invernada (Upper Cretaceous, Santonian, Bajo De La Carpa Formation), northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1877151:1-28

Parent taxon: Furileusauria according to F. A. Gianechini et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Abelisaurinae, Caletodraco, Carnotaurus, Elemgasem, Koleken, Pycnonemosaurus, Quilmesaurus, Viavenator

Subtaxa: Llukalkan aliocranianus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Invernada (Bajo de la Carpa) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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