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sharp-clawed runner
Eoabelisaurus
Say it like this: “EE-o-ah-BEL-i-SOR-us”
Eoabelisaurus mefi
Eoabelisaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Aalenian · Bajocian) · roughly 174.7 to 168.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2012 · Pol, D.; Rauhut, O. W. M.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 5.8–6.5 m · 19–21 ft
- Weight
- 730–800 kg · 1,609–1,764 lb
- Found in
- Argentina · Cañadón Asfalto
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Abelisauridae
The story in short
The genus Eoabelisaurus dates to 2012, the year D. Pol and O. W. M. Rauhut described it.
Fossils referred to Eoabelisaurus date to the Middle Jurassic (Aalenian · Bajocian), roughly 174.7 to 168.2 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Cañadón Asfalto Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Eoabelisaurus at a length near 5.8–6.5 m and a body mass around 730–800 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Abelisauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Abelisaurus
Abelisaurus comahuensis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Chenanisaurus
Chenanisaurus barbaricus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Dryptosauroides
Dryptosauroides grandis
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago