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Abelisauridae

Llukalkan

"different skull"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Llukalkan 4 m (13 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Llukalkan
Length
4 m (13 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (86–83 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Abelisauridae

Llukalkan (Mapuche for “one who causes fear”) is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina. The type species is Llukalkan aliocranianus.

What we know

  • Named by Gianechini et al., 2021.
  • Body length estimated at about 3.95 m.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.

What we guess

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