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 | |
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).