Eoabelisaurus
Field photograph to come
Eoabelisaurus
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- Lived
- 184 to 175 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Pol and Rauhut 2012
Field notes
About Eoabelisaurus
Eoabelisaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 184 to 175 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Eoabelisaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Cañadón Asfalto Formation. It was named by Pol and Rauhut in 2012.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
180 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: D. Pol and O. W. M. Rauhut. 2012. A Middle Jurassic abelisaurid from Patagonia and the early diversification of theropod dinosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 279:3170-3175