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Kank Kank australis Motta et al. 2026
/kˈæŋk/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Argentina
Region
Santa Cruz
Formation
Chorrillo
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Kank australis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Santa Cruz, Argentina. It was named by Motta et al. 2026. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Kank australis sits in deep time
Kank
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Kank australis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.