Caletodraco
Field photograph to come
Caletodraco
DV-1227 · type species Caletodraco cottardi
- Lived
- 101 to 94 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- France
- Named by
- Buffetaut et al. 2024
Field notes
About Caletodraco
Caletodraco was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 94 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Caletodraco, from France. Its fossils come from the Saint Jouin Formation. It was named by Buffetaut et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: E. Buffetaut, H. Tong, and J. Girard, B. Hoyez, J. Párraga. 2024. Caletodraco cottardi: A New Furileusaurian Abelisaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian Chalk of Normandy (North-Western France). Fossil Studies 2(3):177-195