#labocania
Species:L. anomala
Meaning: “La Bocana,” after the place of its discovery.
Age and Location: Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Mexico
Classification:Metazoa: Eumetazoa: Bilateria: Nephrozoa: Deuterostomia: Chordata: Olfactores: Vertebrata: Eugnathostomata: Euteleostomi: Tetrapoda: Amniota: Sauria: Archosauromorpha: Archelosauria: Archosauriformes: Archosauria: Avemetatarsalia: Ornithodira: Dinosauromorpha: Dinosauriformes: Dinosauria: Saurischia: Eusaurischia: Theropoda: Neotheropoda: Averostra: incertae sedis
After the alarmingly vague Eurytholia, I thought we could return to some more familiar territory today. Labocaniais a large theropod of unknown phylogenetic position, remarkable for the robustness of its skull. It may be a member of Abelisauridae, Tyrannosauroidea, or even Carcharodontosauria, which would make it among the latest members of the latter clade. It was probably a moderately large carnivorous dinosaur, with a robustly built, possibly somewhat ornamented, head.
Sources:
Molnar RE. 1974. A distinctive theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Baja California (Mexico). Journal of Paleontology 48:1009–1017.
