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Eoabelisaurus

Eoabelisaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic period of what is now South America. It was a bipedal carnivore that probably reached 6.5 metres (21 ft) in length.[1]

Eoabelisaurus
MEF Eoabelisaurus.jpg
Eoabelisaurus holotype fossil, Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Family: Abelisauridae
Genus: Eoabelisaurus
Pol & Rauhut, 2012
Species:
E. mefi
Binomial name
Eoabelisaurus mefi
Pol & Rauhut, 2012

The discovery, which is fairly recent, is important because of its relative completeness. It is the earliest known member of the family Abelisauridae.

Eoabelisaurus Media

  • Size comparison of the Jurassic ceratosaurian theropod Eoabelisaurus mefi. Based on Grillo & Delcourt (2017). Human silhouette from

  • Silhouette of man standing and facing forward.svg.

  • Life restoration of Eoabelisaurus mefi

  • Holotype skull, seen from the left side, with triangle ruler for scale

  • Reconstruction of the holotype skull

  • Distal articulated tibia, fibula, astragalus and calcaneum of Eoabelisaurus (MPEF-Pv 3990; Museo Paleontológico ‘Egidio Feruglio’, Trelew, Argentina). Scale bar: 5 cm.

  • Limusaurus runner (flipped)

  • Elaphrosaurus bambergi. Head and hands based on Limusaurus.

  • Ceratosaurus nasicornis DB

  • Masiakasaurus BW (flipped)

References

  1. ↑ Pol, Diego & Rauhut, Oliver W.M. 2012. A Middle Jurassic abelisaurid from Patagonia and the early diversification of theropod dinosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. [1]


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