Genus
Valid Extinct

Koleken

Pol et al. 2024

Koleken is a genus of carnotaurin abelisaurid from the Maastrichtian La Colonia Formation in the Chubut Province of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Koleken inakayali, known from one immature specimen about 4.97 metres (16.3 ft) long and six years old in minimum age.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Koleken
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Holotype of Koleken inakayali © Amalia Villafañe (photographer) · CC BY 2.5 ar · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Ceratosauria Suborder
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Abelisauridae Family
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Brachyrostra Unranked clade
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Furileusauria Unranked clade
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Koleken Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
La Colonia
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Koleken inakayali 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
D. Pol, M. A. Baiano, and D. Cerný, F. E. Novas, I. A. Cerda, M. Pittman. 2024. A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the end Cretaceous of Patagonia and evolutionary rates among the Ceratosauria. Cladistics 40(3):307–356 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
D. Pol, M. A. Baiano, and D. Cerný, F. E. Novas, I. A. Cerda, M. Pittman. 2024. A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the end Cretaceous of Patagonia and evolutionary rates among the Ceratosauria. Cladistics 40(3):307–356 DOI ↗