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
PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Ceratosauria Suborder
Abelisauridae Family
Brachyrostra Unranked clade
Furileusauria Unranked clade
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 ↗