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==Paleoecology==
==Paleoecology==
''Huallasaurus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous [[Allen Formation]] of [[Río Negro Province]], [[Argentina]]. Many other dinosaurs, including [[Titanosauria|titanosaurs]], [[Hadrosauridae|hadrosaurids]], [[Abelisauridae|abelisaurids]], [[Dromaeosauridae|dromaeosaurids]], and [[Alvarezsauridae|alvarezsaurids]] have been named from the formation.<ref name="rozadilla2022" />
''Kelumapusaura'' is known from the Late Cretaceous [[Allen Formation]] of [[Río Negro Province]], [[Argentina]]. Many other dinosaurs, including [[Titanosauria|titanosaurs]], [[Hadrosauridae|hadrosaurids]], [[Abelisauridae|abelisaurids]], [[Dromaeosauridae|dromaeosaurids]], and [[Alvarezsauridae|alvarezsaurids]] have been named from the formation.<ref name="rozadilla2022" />
[[File:Allen_Formation_Fauna.png|center|thumb|800x800px|Dinosaur fauna of the [[Allen Formation]] (''Kelumapusaura'' in purple, right)]]
[[File:Allen_Formation_Fauna.png|center|thumb|800x800px|Dinosaur fauna of the [[Allen Formation]] (''Kelumapusaura'' in purple, right)]]



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Kelumapusaura
Temporal range: Mid Campanian-Maastrichtian
~73–69 Ma
Kelumapusaura in its environment
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Family: Hadrosauridae
Subfamily: Saurolophinae
Clade: Austrokritosauria
Genus: Kelumapusaura
Rozadilla et al., 2022
Species:
K. machi
Binomial name
Kelumapusaura machi
Rozzadilla et al., 2022

Kelumapusaura (meaning "red earth lizard") is a genus of saurolophine hadrosaur from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation in what is now Patagonia in Argentina. The type and only species is K. machi, known from a bonebed of various individuals.[1]

Etymology

The generic name, "Kelumapusaura," combines "kelumapu," the Mapudungun word for "red earth," and the feminine form of the Greek "sauros," meaning "lizard." The specific name, "machi," is derived from a word from the Mapuche people for "shaman."[1]

Description

The describing authors estimate that Kelumapusaura would have been 8 to 9 metres (26 to 30 ft) long.[1]

Phylogeny

Depicted below is a reproduction of the phylogenetic tree produced by Rozadilla et al. (2022), including Kelumapusaura and Huallasaurus, which was described in the same study.[1]

Hadrosauridae 

Paleoecology

Kelumapusaura is known from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation of Río Negro Province, Argentina. Many other dinosaurs, including titanosaurs, hadrosaurids, abelisaurids, dromaeosaurids, and alvarezsaurids have been named from the formation.[1]

Dinosaur fauna of the Allen Formation (Kelumapusaura in purple, right)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Rozadilla, Sebastián; Brissón-Egli, Federico; Lisandro Agnolín, Federico; Aranciaga-Rolando, Alexis Mauro; Novas, Fernando Emilio (2022). "A new hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of northern Patagonia and the radiation of South American hadrosaurids". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. doi:10.1080/14772019.2021.2020917.