Guemesia ochoai Guemesia

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Guemesia 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
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.