Kurupi itaata
| Kurupi Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian),
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Abelisauridae |
| Genus: | †Kurupi Iori et al., 2021 |
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| †Kurupi itaata Iori et al., 2021
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Kurupi itaata is an extinct species of abelisaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Marília Formation of Brazil. It is the only species in the genus Kurupi.
Etymology
[edit]The genus is named for Kurupi, a god of fertility and sexuality from Guaraní mythology. This name was chosen to reference the discovery of the holotype specimen, MPMA 27-0001/02, near a love hotel ("Motel Paraíso" ["Paradise Motel"]). The specific name combines the Tupi words ita, meaning rock, and atã, meaning hard, in reference to the heavily cemented rocks in which the holotype was found.[1]
Description
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The holotype consists of three caudal vertebrae and a partial pelvic girdle, belonging to an animal around 5 metres (16 ft) long. It would have been a cursorial, stiff-tailed hunter.[1]
Classification
[edit]In their 2021 description, Iori et al. assigned Kurupi to the Abelisauridae, but its precise relationships are uncertain because a phylogenetic analysis only generates a massive polytomy of abelisaurids more derived than Spectrovenator.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Iori, F.V.; de Araújo-Júnior, H.I.; Simionato Tavares, S.A.; da Silva Marinho, T.; Martinelli, A.G. (2021). "New theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous of Brazil improves abelisaurid diversity". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 112: 103551. Bibcode:2021JSAES.11203551I. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103551. ISSN 0895-9811.
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