Dahalokely
Field photograph to come
Dahalokely
DV-0848
- Lived
- 94 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- Madagascar
- Named by
- Farke and Sertich 2013
Field notes
About Dahalokely
Dahalokely was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 94 to 90 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Dahalokely, from Madagascar. Its fossils come from the Ambolafotsy Formation. It was named by Farke and Sertich in 2013.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
90 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. A. Farke and J. J. W. Sertich. 2013. An abelisauroid theropod dinosaur from the Turonian of Madagascar. PLoS ONE 8(4):e62047:1-18