Unquillosaurus ceibalii Powell 1979 (allosauroid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae

Alternative combinations: Unquillosaurus ceibalensis, Unquillosaurus ceibali

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

Belongs to Unquillosaurus according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012

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

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PVL 3670-11. Its type locality is Arroyo El Morterito (PVL), which is in a Campanian fluvial sandstone/sandstone in the Los Blanquitos Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Arroyo El Morterito (PVL)

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