Gualicho shinyae Apesteguia et al. 2016 (avetheropod)

Reptilia - Avetheropoda

Full reference: S. Apesteguia, N. D. Smith, R. J. Valieri and P. J. Makovicky. 2016. An unusual new theropod with a didactyl manus from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. PLoS One 11(7):e0157793

Belongs to Gualicho according to S. Apesteguia et al. 2016

See also Cerroni et al. 2020 and Ibrahim et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPCN PV 0001, a partial skeleton (comprising four articulated centra from the dorsal vertebral column, an articulated gastral basket, a section of the tail distal to the transition point, the le). Its type locality is Violante farm, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian fluvial sandstone in the Huincul Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Violante farm

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