Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Full reference: R. D. Martínez, O. Giménez, J. Rodríguez and G. Bochatey. 1986. Xenotarsosaurus bonapartei nov. gen. et sp. (Carnosauria, Abelisauridae), un nuevo Theropoda de la Formacion Bajo Barreal, Chubut, Argentina [Xenotarsosaurus bonapartei nov. gen. et sp. (Carnosauria, Abelisauridae), a new Theropoda from the Bajo Barreal Formation, Chubut, Argentina]. IV Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia 1:23-31
Belongs to Xenotarsosaurus according to E. B. Machado et al. 2013
See also Bonaparte 1991, Bonaparte 1996, Candeiro and Harris 2012, Candeiro and Martinelli 2005, Carrano and Sampson 2008, Coria et al. 2006, Coria and Rodríguez 1993, Delcourt 2018, Frey and Martill 1995, Ibiricu et al. 2011, Juárez Valieri et al. 2011, Lamanna et al. 2002, Martínez et al. 1986, Martínez et al. 2004, Martínez and Novas 2006, Novas 1997, Novas 1997, Novas et al. 2004, Novas et al. 2013, Osi and Buffetaut 2011, Rauhut 2003, Salem et al. 2022, Sampson et al. 1996, Smith et al. 2010 and Tykoski and Rowe 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UNP-PV 184/PVL 612, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is 6 km north of Estancia "Ocho Hermanos", which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial sandstone in the Bajo Barreal Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at 6 km north of Estancia "Ocho Hermanos"
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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