Changes: Kurupi

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Kurupi is an extinct genus of abelisaurid that lived in Brazil during the Late Cretaceous.

Description

The holotype of Kurupi was found near a love hotel, with it's epithet name translating to "rock hard" and it's genus name after the goddess of fertility as such. It is known from the Bauru Basin, which would have been arid/semiarid in life. A recent reappraisal of lithological composition results in a poor vertebrate fossil record, making Kurupi one of the first named species from this locality. MPMA 27-0001/02 is the holotype, consisting of three caudals and a partial pelvic girdle. The caudals are fused with the ischia, having long and laterodorsally-projecting transverse processes. The distal ends are fan-shaped. A ∼15º inclination of the C1 and C7 processes, a C1 with anterolaterally-projecting triangular processes sit below the proximodistal middle of the transverse process with a notch at the anterodistal and anterior caudals (seen in C1 and C7 and assumed for the others) having a cuneiform process that anterodorsally projects and sits at the dorsal of the process all differentiate this taxon.

It's large tail and cursorial locomotion is observed from muscle anchor points in the remains.

Classification

Kurupi sits in an unresolved polytomy within the clade.

References

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0895981121003977

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-{{Animal|image1=Kurupi.jpg|name_meaning=Rock hard|species=K. itaata|location=South America|diet=Carnivorous|length=~5 meters}}
+{{Animal|image1=Kurupi.jpg|name_meaning=After the goddess of fertility|species=K. itaata|location=South America|diet=Carnivorous|length=~5 meters}}
 Kurupi is an extinct genus of abelisaurid that lived in Brazil during the Late Cretaceous.
 == Description ==
-The holotype of Kurupi was found near a love hotel, with it's genus name translating to "rock hard" and it's epithet after the goddess of fertility as such. It is known from the Bauru Basin, which would have been arid/semiarid in life. A recent reappraisal of lithological composition results in a poor vertebrate fossil record, making Kurupi one of the first named species from this locality. MPMA 27-0001/02 is the holotype, consisting of three caudals and a partial pelvic girdle. The caudals are fused with the ischia, having long and laterodorsally-projecting transverse processes. The distal ends are fan-shaped. A ∼15º inclination of the C1 and C7 processes, a C1 with anterolaterally-projecting triangular processes sit below the proximodistal middle of the transverse process with a notch at the anterodistal and anterior caudals (seen in C1 and C7 and assumed for the others) having a cuneiform process that anterodorsally projects and sits at the dorsal of the process all differentiate this taxon.
+The holotype of Kurupi was found near a love hotel, with it's epithet name translating to "rock hard" and it's genus name after the goddess of fertility as such. It is known from the Bauru Basin, which would have been arid/semiarid in life. A recent reappraisal of lithological composition results in a poor vertebrate fossil record, making Kurupi one of the first named species from this locality. MPMA 27-0001/02 is the holotype, consisting of three caudals and a partial pelvic girdle. The caudals are fused with the ischia, having long and laterodorsally-projecting transverse processes. The distal ends are fan-shaped. A ∼15º inclination of the C1 and C7 processes, a C1 with anterolaterally-projecting triangular processes sit below the proximodistal middle of the transverse process with a notch at the anterodistal and anterior caudals (seen in C1 and C7 and assumed for the others) having a cuneiform process that anterodorsally projects and sits at the dorsal of the process all differentiate this taxon.
 It's large tail and cursorial locomotion is observed from muscle anchor points in the remains.