LLUKALKAN
a furileusaurian theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Neuquén, Argentina.
Pronunciation:
Meaning: One who scares
Author/s: Gianechini
at al. (
2020)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Neuquén, Argentina
Discovery Chart Position: #1014
Llukalkan aliocranianus
(One who Scares, with a different skull)Etymology
In Mapudungun, the language of the indigenous Mapuche people of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina.
Llukalkan means "one who scares".
The
species epithet,
aliocranianus, means "different skull" in Latin.
Zoobank registry:
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:51D0F659-4F22-4F7F-9F39-34D34E95BA11.
Discovery
The remains of
Llukalkan were discovered at La Invernada in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group), 50 km southwest of Rincón de los Sauces city, Neuquén province, Argentina, in 2015, just 700 metres from another abelisaurid called
Viavenator exxoni.
The
holotype (MAU-Pv-LI-581) is a partial skull.
Preparators
S. Palomo, C. Fuentes and A. Schenkel of the Museo Municipal ‘Argentino Urquiza’.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Santonian
Age range: 86-83 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
• Gianechini FA, Méndez AH, Filippi LS, Paulina-Carabajal A, Juárez-Valieri RD and Garrido AC (2021) "A New Furileusaurian Abelisaurid from La Invernada (Upper Cretaceous, Santonian, Bajo De La Carpa Formation), Northern Patagonia, Argentina".
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 40(6). DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2020.1877151
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