Re: [dinosaur] Tralkasaurus, new abelisaurid from Upp er Cretaceous of Río Negro Province, Argentina

I think the specific name should be *cuyensis *instead of *cuyi*, since it
is referring to a location and not a person. In the etymology section it
says this:
" *cuyi*, because the only known specimen comes from the El Cuy
geographical area at Rio Negro province, Argentina"



On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 10:51 PM Ben Creisler <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Ben Creisler
> [email protected]
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> A new paper:
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> Tralkasaurus cuyi nov. gen. et sp.
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> M. A. Cerroni, M. J. Motta, F. L. Agnolín, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, F.B.
> Egli & F. E. Novas (2019)
> A new abelisaurid from the Huincul Formation (Cenomanian-Turonian; Upper
> Cretaceous) of Río Negro province, Argentina.
> Journal of South American Earth Sciences: Article 102445 (advance online
> publication)
> doi: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__doi.org_10.1016_j.jsames.2019.102445&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=qtattiIi97WWAg1-rE-GkSnKyjHHeRxkU3LajjwaB-s&s=ECHKmmRYY_sWD4gASk8-tBgIjLkg6Yv32uKtNr7wQuQ&e= 
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> Highlights
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> We describe a new species of Abelisauride from the Huincul Formation
> (Cenomanian-Turonian), Rio Negro province, Patagonia, Argentina.
> Tralkasaurus cuyi nov. gen. et sp. constitutes a new form of medium-sized
> abelisaurid.
> The phylogenetic analysis resulted in the nesting of Tralkasaurus as a
> basal abelisaurid.
> The new abelisaurid affords new evidence regarding small to medium-sized
> abelisaurids from Patagonia.
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> Abstract
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> The record of abelisaurids in South America, particularly Argentina is
> relatively abundant. However, abelisaurid diversity is far from being
> well-known. Huincul Formation has yielded diverse theropod remains,
> including the abelisaurids Ilokelesia and Skorpiovenator. The aim of the
> present contribution is to describe a new abelisaurid coming from the Upper
> Section of the Huincul Formation (Cretaceous; Cenomanian-Turonian) at the
> Violante Farm fossil site, Río Negro province, northern Patagonia,
> Argentina. The new taxon described in this contribution is represented by
> an incomplete specimen including well-preserved maxilla and dorsal
> vertebrae, and distorted pelvic girdle and caudal and sacral vertebrae. Its
> size, much smaller than large abelisaurids as Abelisaurus and Carnotaurus
> indicates that the new taxon probably occupied a different ecological niche
> within the carnivoran guild.
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