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Ceratosauria>Neoceratosauria>Abelisauroidea>Abelisauridae>Carnotaurinae>Ekrixinatosaurus>E.nevesi
Jorge Calvo, 2004
Time: Early Cenomanian (100-97 million years ago)
Length: Up to 7.6 meters (25ft) when fully grown, based on the holotype specimen.
Height: 2.15 meters (7ft) at the hips when fully grown, based on the holotype.
Weight: Up to 1.75 tonnes for the holotype specimen; possibly less.
Habitat: Candeleros Formation, Río Negro, Neunquén and Mendoza provinces, Argentina.
Ecology and hunting habits: Medium-sized terrestrial predator. Despite its short legs, Ekrixinatosaurus was probably a relatively fast runner for its size (although not as fast as the speed demon that is Carnotaurus) and would have targeted prey smaller than itself.
Diet: Juveniles of titanosaurian sauropods such as Andesaurus, rebbachisaurids such as Limayisaurus and Nopcsaspondylus, as well as undescribed iguanodont remains. It may also have fed on small coelurosaurs like Buitreraptor and Bicentenaria.
Competition: Juveniles of the large carnosaur Giganotosaurus, which likely targeted the same prey items until it reached a certain age. Adult Giganotosaurus may have been potential predators of Ekrixinatosaurus, weighing up to four times as much.
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Update 07/20/17:
-Lineart completely remade.
-Replaced human scale figure.
-More accurate size estimate, now along the centra as is the norm, instead of in a straight line.
-Minor text corrections.

Skeletal reconstruction from

Description
Ceratosauria>Neoceratosauria>Abelisauroidea>Abelisauridae>Carnotaurinae>Ekrixinatosaurus>E.nevesi
Jorge Calvo, 2004
Time: Early Cenomanian (100-97 million years ago)
Length: Up to 7.6 meters (25ft) when fully grown, based on the holotype specimen.
Height: 2.15 meters (7ft) at the hips when fully grown, based on the holotype.
Weight: Up to 1.75 tonnes for the holotype specimen; possibly less.
Habitat: Candeleros Formation, Río Negro, Neunquén and Mendoza provinces, Argentina.
Ecology and hunting habits: Medium-sized terrestrial predator. Despite its short legs, Ekrixinatosaurus was probably a relatively fast runner for its size (although not as fast as the speed demon that is Carnotaurus) and would have targeted prey smaller than itself.
Diet: Juveniles of titanosaurian sauropods such as Andesaurus, rebbachisaurids such as Limayisaurus and Nopcsaspondylus, as well as undescribed iguanodont remains. It may also have fed on small coelurosaurs like Buitreraptor and Bicentenaria.
Competition: Juveniles of the large carnosaur Giganotosaurus, which likely targeted the same prey items until it reached a certain age. Adult Giganotosaurus may have been potential predators of Ekrixinatosaurus, weighing up to four times as much.
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Update 07/20/17:
-Lineart completely remade.
-Replaced human scale figure.
-More accurate size estimate, now along the centra as is the norm, instead of in a straight line.
-Minor text corrections.

Skeletal reconstruction from