Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Full reference: H. Accarie, B. Beaudoin, J. Dejax, G. Friès, J.-G. Michard and P. Taquet. 1995. Découverte d'un Dinosaure théropode nouveau (Genusaurus sisteronis n. g., n. sp.) dans l'Albien marin de Sisteron (Alpes de Haute-Provence, France) et extension au Crétacé inférieur de la lignée cératosaurienne [Discovery of a new theropod dinosaur (Genusaurus sisteronis n. g., n. sp.) in the marine Albian of Sisteron (Alpes de Haute-Provence, France) and extension of the ceratosaur lineage into the Lower Cretaceous]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, série IIa 320:327-344

Parent taxon: Majungasaurinae according to L. S. Filippi et al. 2016

See also Accarie et al. 1995, Carrano et al. 2011, Carrano et al. 2002, Carrano and Sampson 2008, Coria et al. 2006, Delcourt 2018, Dieudonné et al. 2016, Gianechini et al. 2015, Juárez Valieri and Fiorelli 2004, Ratsinbaholison et al. 2016, Rauhut 2003, Sereno et al. 2004, Smith 2007, Tortosa et al. 2014 and Tykoski and Rowe 2004

Sister taxa: Arcovenator, Indosaurus, Majungasaurus, Rajasaurus

Subtaxa: Genusaurus sisteronis

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Type: Genusaurus sisteronis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sisteron, Bevons (MNHN) (Cretaceous of France)

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