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Abelisauridae

Caletodraco cottardi

"dragon"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Caletodraco 6 m (19.7 ft) long
as long as 4 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Caletodraco
Length
6 m (19.7 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
South America · France
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Abelisauridae
Caletodraco reconstruction by Ddinodan
Reconstruction · Ddinodan (CC-BY)

Caletodraco is a genus of furileusaurian abelisaurid dinosaur from Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Chalk of the Pays de Caux, France. The type species is Caletodraco cottardi. It represents the first definitive furileusaurian named from outside of South America.

What we know

  • Named by Buffetaut et al., 2024.
  • Body length estimated at about 6 m.
  • Fossils found in South America and France.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Caletodraco — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.