Quilmesaurus Coria 2001 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Full reference: R. A. Coria. 2001. New theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life 3-9

Parent taxon: Furileusauria according to L. S. Filippi et al. 2016

See also Candeiro and Martinelli 2005, Carrano and Sampson 2008, Coria 2001, Delcourt 2018, Holtz et al. 2004, Juárez Valieri et al. 2004, Juárez Valieri and Fiorelli 2004, Juárez Valieri et al. 2007, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2004, Salgado et al. 2009, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Smith 2007 and Tortosa et al. 2014

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

Subtaxa: Quilmesaurus curriei

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Salitral Ojo de Agua (general) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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