Thanos

Fan-os.

By Benjamin Gutierrez

Published on April 30, 2015

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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.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

T.‭ ‬simonattoi‭

Size

Unknown due to lack of remains.

Known locations

Brazil.

Time Period

Santonian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial vertebrae.

In Depth

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.

-‭ ‬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.

Thanos

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