Genus: Jakapil RIGUETTI, APESTEGUIA & PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, 2022
Etymology: 'Gananh iahish,' Puelchean or northenr Tehuelcheanlanguage, jakapil, "shield bearer."

Species: kaniukura RIGUETTI, APESTEGUIA & PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, 2022
Etymology: Mapudungun language, kaniu, "crest" and Mapudungun language, kura, "stone."

Holotype: MPCA-PV-630

Locality: Cerro Policia, Rio Negro Province, North Patagonia, Argentina.

Horizon: Upper Beds, Candeleros Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Cenomanian Stage, Upper Gallic Subepoch, Early Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.

Material: Premaxilla, maxilla, and basisphenoid, approximately 15 partial teeth and fragments, a nearly complete left lower jaw plus an isolated surangular, 12 partial vertebral elements, a complete dorsal rib and 15 rib fragments, a partial coracoid, a nearly complete left scapula, a partial right scapula, 2 partial humeri, a possible partial right ulna, a complete and a partial metacarpal bone, 3 ischial and 2 femoral fragments, the distal end of a right tibia, the proximal end of a right fibula, 3 pedal phalanges, and more than 40 osteoderms.

Skull modified from RIGUETTI, APESTEGUIA & PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, 2022

Referred material:

MPCA-PV-371: 2 partial conical osteoderms.