Chakisaurus
Extinct genus of ornithopod dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chakisaurus (meaning "elder guanaco lizard") is an extinct genus of elasmarian ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, C. nekul, known from multiple partial skeletons belonging to individuals of different ages. Chakisaurus represents the first ornithischian species to be named from the Huincul Formation.
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Chakisaurus | |
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Life Restoration of an adult Chakisaurus along with two juvenile individuals. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
Clade: | †Elasmaria |
Genus: | †Chakisaurus |
Species: | †C. nekul |
Binomial name | |
†Chakisaurus nekul Alvarez Nogueira et al., 2024 | |
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