Abelichnus astigarrae Calvo 1991 (carnosaur)

Reptilia - Avetheropoda

Alternative combination: Abelichnus astigatarrae

Full reference: J. O. Calvo. 1991. Huellas de dinosaurios en la Formación Río Limay (Albiano-Cenomaniano?), Picun Leufú, Provincia de Neuquén, Republica Argentina. (Ornithischia-Saurischia: Sauropoda-Theropoda) [Dinosaur footprints in the Río Limay Formation (Albian-Cenomanian?), Picun Leufú, Neuquén Province, Argentine Republic. (Ornithischia-Saurischia: Sauropoda-Theropoda)]. Ameghiniana 28(3-4):241-258

Belongs to Abelichnus according to J. O. Calvo 1991

See also Bessedik et al. 2020, Calvo 1999, Calvo 2007, Calvo and Mazzetta 2004, Jiménez Hernández et al. 2012 and Krapovickas et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MUCPv 74 (plastotype), a footprint. Its type locality is Peninsula Nueva tracksite (level 2), which is in a Cenomanian delta plain sandstone in the Candeleros Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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