| Kurupi Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Kurupi reconstruction by Júlia d'Oliveira | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryote |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Abelisauridae |
| Genus: | †Kurupi Iori et al., 2021 |
| Species: | †K. itaata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Kurupi itaata Iori et al., 2021 | |
Kurupi (named after Kurupi, a figure in Guaraní mythology) is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Marília Formation of Brazil. The type and only species is Kurupi itaata.
Discovery[]
Kurupi itaata by clumsystiggy
MPMA 27-0001/02, the holotype of Kurupi was found consisting of an ischium, pubis, ilium, femur and 3 caudal vertebrae. The authors estimate that the animal was 5 meters (16 ft) long, its weight is unknown, though based on similar sized abelisaurs it would have weighed less than a ton. It would have been a cursorial hunter.
Classification[]
The describers of K itaata described it as a member in Abelisauridae, Though the specific relationships to other species is uncertain, for a phylogenetic analysis only generates a massive polytomy of multiple abelisaurids.
Paleoecology[]
Kurupi was found in the Marilla Formation of southeastern Brazil. The fauna known of the Marilla formation consists of multiple crocodilians, Labidiosuchus, Itasuchus, Uberabasuchus, and Peirosaurus. 7 other dinosaur genera inhabited the Marilla formation, the titanosaurs Aeolosaurus, Baurutitan, Titanosaurus, Trigonosaurus, and Uberabatitan. Two dromaeosaurs have been found, Lopasaurus and Ypupiara.
References[]
- http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2021/09/kurupi.html
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0895981121003977
- http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/kurupi-itaata-10040.html
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354365266_New_theropod_dinosaur_from_the_Late_Cretaceous_of_Brazil_improves_abelisaurid_diversity