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Tralkasaurus cuyi
Taxonomy
Tralkasaurus cuyi was named by Cerroni et al. (2020). Its type specimen is MPCA-Pv 815, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Violante farm, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian fluvial sandstone in the Huincul Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Tralkasaurus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2020 | Tralkasaurus cuyi Cerroni et al. p. 2 fig. 1 |
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†Tralkasaurus cuyi Cerroni et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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M. A. Cerroni et al. 2020 | Medium-sized abelisaurid theropod diagnosable on the basis of the following autapomorphies (marked by an asterisk*) and combination of characters: 1) excavation of the antorbital fossa widely exposed over the entire dorsal portion of the maxillary body; 2) internal and external margins of the antorbital fossa anterodorsally directed*; and, 3) dorsal vertebra with parapophysis dorsoventrally narrow and rod-like*, and proximally restricted paradiapophyseal lamina*. |
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Reference: Marsh 1875 |
Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Tralkasaurus cuyi (type locality: 180530) |