Genus
Valid Extinct

Ilokelesia

Coria and Salgado 2000
Etymology Lézard (mangeur de) chair (d’après le langage indigène Mapuche ''ilo'', chair et ''kelesio'', lézard).

Ilokelesia is an extinct genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaurs, preserved in the layers of the earliest Late Cretaceous of the Huincul Formation in Neuquén Province, Argentina. The only known specimen, consisting of fragmentary elements of the skull and skeleton, was described by Rodolfo Coria and Leonardo Salgado in late 1998.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Ceratosauria Suborder
Abelisauridae Family
Brachyrostra Unranked clade
Ilokelesia Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Huincul
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Ilokelesia aguadagrandensis 101 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
R. A. Coria and L. Salgado. 2000. A basal Abelisauria Novas, 1992 (Theropoda–Ceratosauria) from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. GAIA 15:89-102
Bibliography (1)
R. A. Coria and L. Salgado. 2000. A basal Abelisauria Novas, 1992 (Theropoda–Ceratosauria) from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. GAIA 15:89-102