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EOABELISAURUS
(e-oh-ah-bel-e-sore-us)
Eoabelisaurus
Named By: Diego Pol & Oliver & Rauhaut in 2012
Time Period: Middle Jurassic
Location: Argentina, Chubut Province - Canodon Asfalto Formation
Size: Around 6.5 meters long. Possibly slightly larger
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Skull and almost complete post cranial skeleton
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Abelisauridae |
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Eoabelisaurus is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period of what is now South America. It was a bipedal carnivore that was estimated to have reached 6-6.5 metres (19.7-21.3 ft) in length, although more recent estimates have yielded a size of 5.8 metres (19 ft).

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