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Llukalkan aliocranianus

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Taxonomy
Llukalkan aliocranianus was named by Gianechini et al. (2021). Its type specimen is MAU-Pv-LI-581, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Invernada (Bajo de la Carpa), which is in a Santonian fluvial horizon in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Llukalkan aliocranianus Gianechini et al.
2022Llukalkan aliocranianus Gianechini et al. p. 60
2022Llukalkan aliocranianus Méndez et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
suborderCeratosauria()
familyAbelisauridae
Brachyrostra
Furileusauria
genusLlukalkan
speciesaliocranianus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Llukalkan aliocranianus Gianechini et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Santonian or 86.30000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Argentina (Neuquén) Abelisauridae indet. (type locality: 176562)