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QUILMESAURUS
(kwil-me-sor-us)
Named By: R. A. Coria in 2001
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, Campanian-Maastrichtian
Location: Argentina - Allen Formation
Size: Tibia about 52.9 centimetres long, preserved length of femur 35 centimetres (upper portion of femur is missing). Total body size uncertain due to lack of remains but roughly estimated to be about 4.5 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Right tibia (lower leg bone) and a partial lower portion of the right femur (upper leg bone)
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Abelisauridae | Carnotaurini |
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Quilmesaurus is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Patagonian Upper Cretaceous (Campanian stage) of Argentina.

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