Name: Thanos
(Named after the character from Marvel comics).
Phonetic: Fan-os.
Named By: Rafael Delcourt & Fabiano Vidoi
Iori - 2018.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Abelisauridae, Brachyrostra.
Species: T. simonattoi
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Brazil.
Time period: Santonian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial vertebrae.
Thanos
is a genus of abelisaurid
dinosaur that lived in South America during
the Cretaceous. If the name is familiar, that is because this
dinosaur is named after the character that appears in the Marvel comics
universe.
Further reading
- New record of abelisauroid theropods from the Bauru Group (Upper
Cretaceous), S�o Paulo State, Brazil. - Revista Brasileira de
Paleontologia. 17(1): 23–32. - A. H. M�ndez, F.
E. Novas & F. V. Lori - 2014.
- A new Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from S�o Jos� do
Rio Preto Formation, Upper Cretaceous of Brazil and comments on the
Bauru Group fauna. - Historical Biology: 1–8. - Rafael
Delcourt & Fabiano Vidoi Iori - 2018.