What is Eoabelisaurus?
{{Italic title}} {{speciesbox | fossil_range = [[Middle Jurassic]]<br />~{{fossil range|163}} | image = MEF Eoabelisaurus.jpg | image_caption = ''Eoabelisaurus'' holotype fossil, [[Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio]] | genus = Eoabelisaurus | parent_authority = Pol & Rauhut, 2012 | species = mefi | authority = Pol & Rauhut, [[2012 in paleontology|2012]] | range_map = | range_map_caption = }} '''''Eoabelisaurus''''' is a [[genus]] of large [[theropod]] [[dinosaur]] from the [[Middle Jurassic]] [[Period (geology)|period]] of what is now [[South America]]. It was a [[biped]]al [[carnivore]] that probably reached {{convert|6.5|m}} in length.<ref name=Pol>Pol, Diego & Rauhut, Oliver W.M. 2012. A Middle Jurassic abelisaurid from Patagonia and the early diversification of theropod dinosaurs. ''Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences''. [http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2012/05/17/rspb.2012.0660.full]</ref> The discovery, which is fairly recent, is important because of its relative completeness. It is the earliest known member of the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Abelisauridae]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Abelisauridae]] {{stub}}