Ekrixinatosaurus
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| Ekrixinatosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 98 Ma |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Abelisauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Carnotaurinae |
| clade: | †Brachyrostra |
| Genus: | †Ekrixinatosaurus Calvo, Rubilar-Rogers & Moreno, 2004 |
| Species: | †E. novasi |
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| Ekrixinatosaurus novasi Calvo, Rubilar-Rogers & Moreno, 2004 |
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Ekrixinatosaurus (Explosion-Born Reptile) is a genus of dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous. It was a theropod believed to be one of the abelisaurs. Its fossils have been found in Argentina. The type species, Ekrixinatosaurus novasi, was first described in 2004 by Argentinian paleontologist Jorge Calvo, and Chilean paleontologists David Rubilar-Rogers and Karen Moreno.[1]
Ekrixinatosaurus is perhaps the largest abelisaurid known to date, estimated as 10 to 11 metres (33 to 36 ft) long. It was also particularly robust and had a relatively large head, suggesting that it was a powerful predator or scavenger, able to scare other predators away from their kills.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Jorge Calvo, David Rubilar-Rogers and Karen Moreno (2004). "A new Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from northwest Patagonia". Ameghiniana 41 (4): 555–563.
- ^ Juárez Valieri, R.D.; Porfiri, J.D.; and Calvo, J.O. (2011). "New information on Ekrixinatosaurus novasi Calvo et al. 2004, a giant and massively-constructed Abelisauroid from the "Middle Cretaceous" of Patagonia". In Calvo, González, Riga, Porfiri and Dos Santos (ed.). Paleontología y dinosarios desde América Latina. pp. 161–169. http://www.notosoft.com.ar/pdfs/Juarez_Porfiri_Calvo.pdf.
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