Koleken
''Koleken'' (meaning "coming from clay and water") is a genus of Carnotaurini, carnotaurin abelisaurid from the Maastrichtian La Colonia Formation in the Chubut Province of Argentina. The type and only species is ''K. inakayali'', known from one immature specimen about long and six years old in minimum age. Discovery and naming ''Koleken'' is known from only the holotype Museum of Paleontology Egidio Feruglio, MPEF-PV 10826 which was initially found and reported in 2015, but was not described as ''K. inakayali'' until 2024. The holotype, consists of "closely associated (but disarticulated) remains of the skull and atlas, as well as the articulated postcranial skeleton composed of the posterior most eight dorsal vertebrae, a complete sacrum, eight caudal vertebrae, an almost complete pelvis and hind limbs". It differs from the larger ''Carnotaurus'' in anatomical characteristics found in the skull, vertebrae, and leg bones. The specimen likewise is believed to represent a sub ...
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