Koleken
Field photograph to come
Koleken
DV-1247 · type species Koleken inakayali
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Pol et al. 2024
Field notes
About Koleken
Koleken was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Koleken, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the La Colonia Formation. It was named by Pol et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: D. Pol, M. A. Baiano, and D. Cerný, F. E. Novas, I. A. Cerda, M. Pittman. 2024. A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the end Cretaceous of Patagonia and evolutionary rates among the Ceratosauria. Cladistics 40(3):307–356