In Depth
Llukalkan is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. As with other dinosaurs of its kind, Llukalkan would have been a predator. Though the holotype skull of Llukalkan is fragmentary, analysis of the inner ear has revealed that Llukalkan might have had better hearing than other abelisaurid dinosaurs. The holotype skull of Llukalkan was also found about seven hundred meters away from where another abelsiaurid dinosaur named Viavenator was discovered.
Further reading
- A New Furileusaurian Abelisaurid from La Invernada (Upper Cretaceous, Santonian, Bajo De La Carpa Formation), Northern Patagonia, Argentina. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology - Federico A. Gianechini, Ariel H. M�ndez,Leonardo S. Filippi, Ariana Paulina-Carabaja, Rub�n D. Ju�rez-Valieri & Alberto C. Garrido - 2021.
