Pycnonemosaurus
| Pycnonemosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 70Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Abelisauria |
| Family: | †Abelisauridae |
| Genus: | †Pycnonemosaurus Kellner & Campos, 2002 |
| Species: | † P. nevesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Kellner & Campos, 2002 | |
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Pycnonemosaurus (meaning 'thick forest lizard') is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur that belonged to the family Abelisauridae. It was found in the Upper Cretaceous Bauru-type red conglomerate sandstone, in the Mato Grosso, in Brazil and lived about 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage). It has been estimated to be 9 metres (30 ft) long.[1]
Thus far, fossil finds are fragmentary: five incomplete teeth, parts of seven caudal vertebrae, the distal part of a right pubis, a right tibia, and the distal articulation of the right fibula. The small pubic foot and hatchet-shaped cnemial crest of the tibia distinguish this species within the abelisaurs. The type species, Pycnonemosaurus nevesi, was formally described by Kellner and Campos in 2002.[1]
References
- Kellner, A.W.A. and D.A. Campos. 2002. On a theropod dinosaur (Abelisauria) from the continental Cretaceous of Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro 60 (3): pp. 163-170.