Chakisaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Artist Illustration (PaleoHistoric) of Chakisaurus nekul | |
Conservation status | |
Fossil
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Superorder: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Ornithischia |
Genus: | Chakisaurus Alvarez Nogueira, 2024 |
Type species | |
C. nekul |
Chakisaurus (meaning "elder guanaco lizard" is an extinct genus of elasmarian) ornithopod dinosaur from the Huincul Formation of Argentina (Late Cretaceous). The type and single species is C. nekul.