Tralkasaurus cuyi Cerroni et al. 2020 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Full reference: M. A. Cerroni, M. J. Motta, F. L. Agnolín, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, F. Brissón Egli and F. E. Novas. 2020. A new abelisaurid from the Huincul Formation (Cenomanian-Turonian; Upper Cretaceous) of Río Negro province, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 98:102445:1-10

Belongs to Tralkasaurus according to M. A. Cerroni et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPCA-Pv 815, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Violante farm, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian fluvial sandstone in the Huincul Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Violante farm

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