Thanos
Field photograph to come
Thanos
DV-1121 · type species Thanos simonattoi
- Lived
- 86 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Delcourt and Iori 2020
Field notes
About Thanos
Thanos was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Thanos, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the São José do Rio Preto Formation. It was named by Delcourt and Iori in 2020.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Delcourt and F. V. Iori. 2020. A new Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from São José do Rio Preto Formation, Upper Cretaceous of Brazil and comments on the Bauru Group fauna. Historical Biology 32(7):917-924