Ilokelesia
Ilokelesia was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina about 106 million years ago. It was a medium-sized predator that walked on two legs and had special bones in its skull and spine that made it different from other meat-eaters.1
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Ilokelesia is known from only a few skull and skeleton fragments, discovered in 1991.1
Its name comes from the Mapuche language, where 'ilo' means flesh and 'kelesio' means lizard.1
Ilokelesia was found just 10 meters away from another dinosaur called Huinculsaurus.1
Scientists think Ilokelesia was one of the earliest and most primitive abelisaurids, a group of horned meat-eaters.1
The bones of Ilokelesia have special features on the skull and spine that help tell it apart from other abelisaurids.1
Most asked questions about Ilokelesia
?How big was Ilokelesia?
Ilokelesia was a medium sized theropod. Scientists estimate it was about 4 to 5.8 metres (13 to 19 ft) long and weighed between 200 and 840 kg (440 to 1850 lbs).1
?What did Ilokelesia eat?
Ilokelesia was a meat-eater. It was a carnivorous dinosaur that hunted other animals.2
?When did Ilokelesia live?
Ilokelesia lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 106 million years ago.1
?Where was Ilokelesia found?
Ilokelesia was found in Argentina, in the Huincul Formation of Neuquén Province.1
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- Scientific name
- Ilokelesia
- Named by
- Coria and Salgado 20002
- Group
- Meat-eating dinos
- Family / clade
- Abelisauridae2
- Classification
- Theropoda > Ceratosauria > Abelisauridae2
- Age of the rocks
- 110 to 106 million years (Albian)2
- Rock formations
- Huincul2
- Countries
- Argentina2
- Fossil records
- 1 in the Paleobiology Database2
- Discovery
- Ilokelesia was named and described by Rodolfo Coria and Leonardo Salgado in 1998, based on fragmentary fossils found in 1991 in the Huincul Formation of Argentina.1
- Still debated
- Scientists are not sure exactly how big Ilokelesia was, because only a few bones have been found. Different estimates give lengths from 4 to 5.8 meters.1
Where the facts come from
- Ilokelesia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Ilokelesia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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