Kurupi itaata
Genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Guaraní mythical figure, see Kurupi.
Kurupi is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Marília Formation of Brazil. The type and only species is Kurupi itaata. It is so named because its remains were found near a love hotel.[1]
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Kurupi itaata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Abelisauridae |
Genus: | †Kurupi Iori et al., 2021 |
Type species | |
†Kurupi itaata Iori et al., 2021 |
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