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Taxonomy
Eoabelisaurus mefi was named by Pol and Rauhut (2012). Its type specimen is MPEF PV 3990, a partial skeleton (an almost complete skeleton, including the posterior half of the skull, five cervical and nine dorsal vertebrae, complete sacrum, 27 caudal vertebrae, left and ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jugo Loco site, near Cerro Cóndor, which is in an Aalenian/Bajocian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Eoabelisaurus mefi Pol and Rauhut p. 2170 fig. 1 |
| 2013 | Eoabelisaurus mefi Machado et al. p. 447 |
| 2013 | Eoabelisaurus mefi Novas et al. p. 182 |
| 2014 | Eoabelisaurus mefi Hendrickx and Mateus p. 30 |
| 2018 | Eoabelisaurus mefi Delcourt p. 2 |
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†Eoabelisaurus mefi Pol and Rauhut 2012
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. Pol and O. W. M. Rauhut 2012 | Medium-sized theropod dinosaur (6–6.5 m total length) with the following autapomorphies: quadrate with thickened medial distal articular end and subparallel articular condyles; mid-dorsal vertebrae with double, V-shaped lamina extending from the parapophysis to the prezygodiapophyseal lamina; ulna with hypertrophied olecranon process, accounting for more than 30 per cent of its length; pubic foramen elongate, more than twice as long as high; ambiens process of pubis developed as a large, anterolaterally directed, convex expansion. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 174.10000 to 168.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian | Argentina (Chubut) | Eoabelisaurus mefi (type locality: 130985) |