Tralkasaurus
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Tralkasaurus
DV-1122 · type species Tralkasaurus cuyi
- Lived
- 110 to 106 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Cerroni et al. 2020
Field notes
About Tralkasaurus
Tralkasaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 110 to 106 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Tralkasaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Huincul Formation. It was named by Cerroni et al. in 2020.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. A. Cerroni, M. J. Motta, and F. L. Agnolín, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, F. Brissón Egli, F. E. Novas. 2020. A new abelisaurid from the Huincul Formation (Cenomanian-Turonian; Upper Cretaceous) of Río Negro province, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 98:102445:1-10