Chakisaurus nekul Nogueira et al. 2024 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: R. A. Nogueira, S. Rozadilla, F. L. Agnolín, J. A. Garcia Marsà, M. J. Motta and F. E. Novas. 2024. A new ornithopod from the Upper Cretaceous (Huincul Formation) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina: Implications on elasmarian postcranial anatomy. Cretaceous Research 159

Belongs to Chakisaurus according to R. A. Nogueira et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPCA Pv 816, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Violante farm, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian fluvial sandstone in the Huincul Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Violante farm

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