Genus
Valid Extinct

Niebla

Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2021

Niebla antiqua is an extinct species of abelisaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Río Negro province, Argentina. Niebla antiqua is the only species in the genus Niebla, known from a partial, non-articulated skeleton. The holotype, found in the Allen Formation, represents an adult individual about nine 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
Niebla
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Reconstruction of the carnivorous abelisaurid theropod Niebla antiqua. © Путаниум · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Ceratosauria Suborder
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Abelisauridae Family
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Brachyrostra Unranked clade
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Furileusauria Unranked clade
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Abelisaurinae Subfamily
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Niebla Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Allen
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Niebla antiqua 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. A. Cerroni, and J. A. Garcia Marsà, F. I. Agnolín, M. J. Motta, S. Rozadilla, F. Brisson Eglí, F. E. Novas. 2021. A new medium-sized abelisaurid (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Allen Formation of Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 105:102915:1-18 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. A. Cerroni, and J. A. Garcia Marsà, F. I. Agnolín, M. J. Motta, S. Rozadilla, F. Brisson Eglí, F. E. Novas. 2021. A new medium-sized abelisaurid (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Allen Formation of Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 105:102915:1-18 DOI ↗