Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Full reference: R. A. Coria, L. M. Chiappe, and L. Dingus. 2002. A new close relative of Carnotaurus sastrei Bonaparte 1985 (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(2):460-465
Belongs to Aucasaurus according to M. A. Baiano et al. 2023
See also Burch and Carrano 2012, Canale et al. 2016, Candeiro et al. 2012, Candeiro and Harris 2012, Candeiro and Martinelli 2005, Candeiro et al. 2006, Carrano and Sampson 2008, Chiappe et al. 2003, Coria and Arcucci 2004, Coria et al. 2002, Coria et al. 2006, Dalman 2014, de Souza et al. 2020, Delcourt 2018, Delcourt and Grillo 2014, Delcourt and Grillo 2018, Fernandes de Azevedo et al. 2013, Filippi et al. 2016, Furtado et al. 2013, Garrido 2010, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Juárez Valieri and Fiorelli 2004, Juárez Valieri et al. 2011, Machado et al. 2013, Maganuco et al. 2008, Malkani 2007, Martínez et al. 2004, Méndez 2014, Méndez 2014, Méndez et al. 2022, Novas et al. 2004, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2005, Paulina Carabajal 2011, Paulina Carabajal and Canale 2010, Ratsinbaholison et al. 2016, Ruiz et al. 2011, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Tykoski and Rowe 2004 and Xing et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCF PVPH-236, a skeleton. Its type locality is Auca Mahuevo theropod site, which is in a Campanian/Campanian lacustrine - small mudstone/sandstone in the Anacleto Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Auca Mahuevo theropod site
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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