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Many dinosaurs have been discovered from South America, one such was the Ilokelesia.
The fragmentary remains including the skull categorized this genus to the Abelisauridae family.
A medium-sized dinosaur, Ilokelesia was discovered in Argentina in 1991. Only one fragmented fossil has been recovered to date. The remains include the fragmentary skull and appendicular skeleton. The fossil representation matched the primitive features seen as a basal member of the Abelisauridae family.
Ilokelesia is pronounced as 'Eye-low-kee-leez-e-ah'.
Ilokelesia was described as an extinct genus of the Abelisauridae family.
This carnivore inhabited the earth during the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous period around 99.6-89.8 million years ago.
Ilokelesia may have become extinct 89.8 million years ago.
The fossils of this carnivore were discovered from the Huincul Member (Neuquén Group), Río Limay, Neuquén Province in Argentina.
Ilokelesia was a terrestrial dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period.
The dinosaurs coexisting during Ilokelesia's time period has yet to be ascertained.
The average lifespan of this carnivore is yet to be described.
The fossils of this late cretaceous species revealed it to be oviparous.
The genus name Ilokelesia reveals a lot about how the dinosaur looked. It was a medium-sized lizard-like dinosaur. While it has features that place it as a basal abelisaur, the distinctive characters of the cervical vertebrae set it apart from this group.
The preserved specimen or fossil of this Abelisauridae genus included postorbital bone from the right, partially preserved cervical vertebrae (3), three cervical ribs in a fragmentary state, ungual phalanges (2), prenatal phalanges, and proximal haemal arches (8), the posterior dorsal vertebrae, and well-articulated caudal vertebrae (5).
It is unclear how these Late cretaceous lizards communicated.
The fossil representation of the Ilokelesia reveals that the dinosaur maybe around 17.4 ft (5.3 m) long. They were much bihher than Lycorhinus.
It is unclear how fast these dinosaurs could have moved.
The weight could not be determined based on the fossil representation.
Both sex would be referred to as Ilokelsia.
The baby dinosaur would be referred to as a juvenile.
Being a carnivore, it is likely for them to be aggressive to a certain degree.
The dinosaur was named and described by Coria in 1998.
The etymology of the genus is in reference to the Mapuche, an indigenous language. Ilo means flesh and kelesio means lizard, so Ilokelesia means flesh-eating lizard. On the other hand, the type species I. aguadagrandensis is a reference to the type locality, Aguada Grande where the fossils were found.
*We've been unable to source an image of Ilokelesia and have used an image of Carnotaurus instead. If you are able to provide us with a royalty-free image of Ilokelesia, we would be happy to credit you. Please contact us at [email protected].
*We've been unable to source an image of Ilokelesia and have used an image of Abelisauridae instead. If you are able to provide us with a royalty-free image of Ilokelesia, we would be happy to credit you. Please contact us at [email protected].
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