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Abelisauridae

Ilokelesia

"flesh"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Ilokelesia 5.3 m (17.4 ft) long
as long as 4 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Ilokelesia
Length
5.3 m (17.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (95 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Abelisauridae

Ilokelesia is an extinct genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaurs, preserved in the layers of the earliest Late Cretaceous of the Huincul Formation (Neuquén Group) in Neuquén Province, Argentina. The only known specimen, consisting of fragmentary elements of the skull and skeleton, was described by Rodolfo Coria and Leonardo Salgado in late 1998.

What we know

  • Named by Coria & Salgado, 1998.
  • Body length estimated at about 5.3 m.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.

What we guess

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