Ekrixinatosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Ekrixinatosaurus"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
infraordo = Ceratosauria
superfamilia = Abelisauroidea
familia = Abelisauridae
genus = "Ekrixinatosaurus"
species = "E. novasi"
binomial = "Ekrixinatosaurus novasi"
binomial_authority = Calvo, Rubilar-Rogers & Moreno, 2004

"Ekrixinatosaurus" is a genus of dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous. It was a theropod believed to be one of the abelisaurs. Its fossils have been found in Argentina.

The type species, "Ekrixinatosaurus novasi", was first described in 2004 by Argentinian paleontologist Jorge Calvo, and Chilean paleontologists David Rubilar-Rogers and Karen Moreno.

References

Calvo, J.O., Rubilar, D., and Moreno, K. (2004) "A new Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from northwest Patagonia". "Ameghiniana" 41: 555-563.

External links

* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/abelisauridae.htm Abelisauridae]