Unquillosaurus Powell 1979 (allosauroid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae

Full reference: J. E. Powell. 1979. Sobre una asociacion de Dinosaurios y otras evidencias de vertebrados del Crétacico Superior de la region de La Candelaria, Prov. de Salta, Argentina. Ameghiniana 16(1-2):191-204

Parent taxon: Carcharodontosauridae according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012

See also Bonaparte 1984, Bonaparte 1996, Martínez and Novas 2006, Novas and Agnolin 2004, Powell 1979 and Salgado et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Acrocanthosaurus, Carcharodontosaurinae, Carcharodontosaurus, Concavenator, Eocarcharia, Giganotosaurus, Kelmayisaurus, Lajasvenator, Mapusaurus, Megalosaurus inexpectatus, Shaochilong, Taurovenator, Veterupristisaurus

Subtaxa: Unquillosaurus ceibalii

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Type: Unquillosaurus ceibalii

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Arroyo El Morterito (PVL) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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