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Abelisauridae

Guemesia ochoai

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Guemesia 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Guemesia
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (72 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Abelisauridae

Guemesia (named after Martín Miguel de Güemes, whose death bicentenary was in 2021) is a genus of abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Los Blanquitos Formation of Salta Province, Argentina. The type and only species is Guemesia ochoai, known from a nearly complete braincase. It is one of the smallest abelisaurids currently known.

What we know

  • Named by Agnolín et al., 2022.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.

What we guess

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