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Abelisaurus

Reptilia - Abelisauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Abelisaurus Bonaparte p. 138
1985Abelisaurus Bonaparte and Novas p. 260
1986Abelisaurus Bonaparte p. 74
1988Abelisaurus Paul p. 284
1989Abelisaurus Kurzanov p. 4
1990Abelisaurus Bonaparte et al. pp. 38-39
1991Abelisaurus Bonaparte p. 4
1992Abelisaurus Buffetaut p. 135
1992Abelisaurus Novas p. 142
1994Abelisaurus Currie and Zhao
1995Abelisaurus Frey and Martill p. 408
1996Abelisaurus Bonaparte p. 87
1996Abelisaurus Chatterjee and Rudra p. 517
1996Abelisaurus Sampson et al. p. 604
1997Abelisaurus Novas p. 1
1997Abelisaurus Rowe et al. p. 109
1997Abelisaurus Sereno p. 455
1998Abelisaurus Sampson et al. p. 1050 fig. 3
1998Abelisaurus Sereno p. 64
1999Abelisaurus Prasad and Sahni p. 382
2000Abelisaurus Coria and Salgado
2000Abelisaurus Holtz, Jr. pp. 16-17 fig. 5
2002Abelisaurus Carrano et al.
2002Abelisaurus Lamanna et al. p. 63
2003Abelisaurus Rauhut p. 33
2004Abelisaurus Coria and Arcucci p. 600
2004Abelisaurus Martínez et al. p. 577
2004Abelisaurus Novas et al. p. 68
2004Abelisaurus Sereno et al. p. 1329 fig. 4
2004Abelisaurus Tykoski and Rowe p. 49
2005Abelisaurus Candeiro and Martinelli p. 9
2006Abelisaurus Candeiro et al. p. 935
2006Abelisaurus Coria et al. p. 1288 fig. 6
2006Abelisaurus Malkani p. 8
2006Abelisaurus Novas et al. p. 63
2007Abelisaurus Juárez Valieri et al. p. 63
2007Abelisaurus Sampson and Witmer p. 33
2007Abelisaurus Smith p. 103
2008Abelisaurus Canale et al.
2008Abelisaurus Carrano and Sampson pp. 199-200 fig. 4
2010Abelisaurus Novas et al. p. 48
2011Abelisaurus Paulina Carabajal p. 793
2012Abelisaurus Paulina Carabajal and Currie p. 96
2013Abelisaurus Furtado et al. p. 110
2013Abelisaurus Novas et al. p. 183
2014Abelisaurus Hendrickx and Mateus
2014Abelisaurus Tortosa et al. p. 71
2015Abelisaurus Gianechini et al.
2016Abelisaurus Filippi et al. p. 217 fig. 9
2016Abelisaurus Ratsinbaholison et al. p. 281
2018Abelisaurus Delcourt p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
Ceratosauria()
superfamilyAbelisauroidea
familyAbelisauridae
Brachyrostra
Furileusauria
subfamilyAbelisaurinae
genusAbelisaurus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Abelisaurus Bonaparte 1984
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Abelisaurus comahuensis Bonaparte 1984
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. F. Bonaparte and F. E. Novas 1985Carnosauria of large size, with high, narrow, widely fenestrated skull with prominent rugosities on the nasals. With antorbital fenestra proportionally larger than in Tyrannosauridae and in the remaining Cretaceous and even Jurassic carnosaurs; small
accessory antorbital fenestra located on the anterior border of the antorbital fossa. Interorbital region wider than in other carnosaurs, and with lateral contact external to the
lacrimal and postorbitals, forming a type of orbital overhang. Orbital fenestra very tall, with a low jugal, and with the orbit as mentioned very marked for the postorbital and lacrimal, forming a circumference hardly open ventrally, partly recalling the condition seen in Tyrannosaurus rex. Squamosal projecting nearly backwards, almost horizontally, with its process for the quadratojugal directed ventrally and not as forwards as in Tyrannosauridae, recalling the condition of Ceratosaurus, and to a lesser degree that of Allosaurus. Quadrate notably longer than in Tyrannosauridae, comparable to Ceratosaurus. Lower temporal fenestra very wide in both directions, notably larger than in Tyrannosauridae, recalling that seen in Ceratosaurus. Upper temporal fenestrae shorter axially. Extended horizontal ramus of the maxilla, provided with thick teeth, very laterally compressed. Braincase comparable to that of Piatnitzkysaurus in the conspicuous aliform processes of the laterosphenoids, and in the marked transverse constriction of the basisphenoids. (Translated by M. Carrano.)
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Argentina (Río Negro) A. comahuensis (32339)