Koleken inakayali Koleken
"coming from clay and water"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Koleken 5 m (16.3 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.3 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Abelisauridae
Koleken (meaning “coming from clay and water”) is a genus of carnotaurin abelisaurid from the Maastrichtian La Colonia Formation in the Chubut Province of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Koleken inakayali, known from one immature specimen about 4.97 m long and six years old in minimum age.
What we know
- Named by Pol et al., 2024.
- Body length estimated at about 4.97 m.
- Fossils found in Argentina.