Tratayenia
trah-tah-YEN-ee-ah /ˌtrɑːtɑːˈjɛniə/
Accepted genus
from Tratayén (place)
- Tratayén · place name (Neuquén, Argentina) · the locality where the fossil was found
- -ia · Latin · suffix meaning 'pertaining to' a place
Tratayenia is named after the Tratayén area in Neuquén Province, Argentina, where the fossil was found. The Latinised suffix "-ia" turns the place name into a genus name. The type species, T. rosalesi, honours a person named Rosales connected with the discovery.
- Named by
- Porfiri et al.
- Year named
- 2018
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Santonian
- Found in
- Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Neuquén Province, Argentina
A megaraptorid theropod. The type species is Tratayenia rosalesi.