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Abelisaurus
Taxonomy
Abelisaurus was named by Bonaparte (1984) [Nomen nudum in this paper; ascribed to "Bonaparte and Novas."]. It is the type genus of Abelisauroidea.
It was assigned to Carnotaurini by Tortosa et al. (2014); to Abelisaurinae by Paul (1988), Sereno (1998), Tykoski and Rowe (2004) and Filippi et al. (2016); and to Abelisauridae by Bonaparte and Novas (1985), Bonaparte (1986), Kurzanov (1989), Bonaparte et al. (1990), Bonaparte (1991), Buffetaut (1992), Novas (1992), Currie and Zhao (1994), Frey and Martill (1995), Bonaparte (1996), Chatterjee and Rudra (1996), Sampson et al. (1996), Novas (1997), Rowe et al. (1997), Novas (1997), Sereno (1997), Sampson et al. (1998), Prasad and Sahni (1999), Holtz (2000), Coria and Salgado (2000), Lamanna et al. (2002), Carrano et al. (2002), Rauhut (2003), Sereno et al. (2004), Martínez et al. (2004), Coria and Arcucci (2004), Novas et al. (2004), Candeiro and Martinelli (2005), Novas et al. (2006), Candeiro et al. (2006), Coria et al. (2006), Malkani (2006), Smith (2007), Sampson and Witmer (2007), Juárez Valieri et al. (2007), Carrano and Sampson (2008), Canale et al. (2008), Novas et al. (2010), Paulina Carabajal (2011), Paulina Carabajal and Currie (2012), Novas et al. (2013), Furtado et al. (2013), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Gianechini et al. (2015), Ratsinbaholison et al. (2016) and Delcourt (2018).
It was assigned to Carnotaurini by Tortosa et al. (2014); to Abelisaurinae by Paul (1988), Sereno (1998), Tykoski and Rowe (2004) and Filippi et al. (2016); and to Abelisauridae by Bonaparte and Novas (1985), Bonaparte (1986), Kurzanov (1989), Bonaparte et al. (1990), Bonaparte (1991), Buffetaut (1992), Novas (1992), Currie and Zhao (1994), Frey and Martill (1995), Bonaparte (1996), Chatterjee and Rudra (1996), Sampson et al. (1996), Novas (1997), Rowe et al. (1997), Novas (1997), Sereno (1997), Sampson et al. (1998), Prasad and Sahni (1999), Holtz (2000), Coria and Salgado (2000), Lamanna et al. (2002), Carrano et al. (2002), Rauhut (2003), Sereno et al. (2004), Martínez et al. (2004), Coria and Arcucci (2004), Novas et al. (2004), Candeiro and Martinelli (2005), Novas et al. (2006), Candeiro et al. (2006), Coria et al. (2006), Malkani (2006), Smith (2007), Sampson and Witmer (2007), Juárez Valieri et al. (2007), Carrano and Sampson (2008), Canale et al. (2008), Novas et al. (2010), Paulina Carabajal (2011), Paulina Carabajal and Currie (2012), Novas et al. (2013), Furtado et al. (2013), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Gianechini et al. (2015), Ratsinbaholison et al. (2016) and Delcourt (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1984 | Abelisaurus Bonaparte p. 138 |
1985 | Abelisaurus Bonaparte and Novas p. 260 |
1986 | Abelisaurus Bonaparte p. 74 |
1988 | Abelisaurus Paul p. 284 |
1989 | Abelisaurus Kurzanov p. 4 |
1990 | Abelisaurus Bonaparte et al. pp. 38-39 |
1991 | Abelisaurus Bonaparte p. 4 |
1992 | Abelisaurus Buffetaut p. 135 |
1992 | Abelisaurus Novas p. 142 |
1994 | Abelisaurus Currie and Zhao |
1995 | Abelisaurus Frey and Martill p. 408 |
1996 | Abelisaurus Bonaparte p. 87 |
1996 | Abelisaurus Chatterjee and Rudra p. 517 |
1996 | Abelisaurus Sampson et al. p. 604 |
1997 | Abelisaurus Novas p. 1 |
1997 | Abelisaurus Rowe et al. p. 109 |
1997 | Abelisaurus Sereno p. 455 |
1998 | Abelisaurus Sampson et al. p. 1050 fig. 3 |
1998 | Abelisaurus Sereno p. 64 |
1999 | Abelisaurus Prasad and Sahni p. 382 |
2000 | Abelisaurus Coria and Salgado |
2000 | Abelisaurus Holtz, Jr. pp. 16-17 fig. 5 |
2002 | Abelisaurus Carrano et al. |
2002 | Abelisaurus Lamanna et al. p. 63 |
2003 | Abelisaurus Rauhut p. 33 |
2004 | Abelisaurus Coria and Arcucci p. 600 |
2004 | Abelisaurus Martínez et al. p. 577 |
2004 | Abelisaurus Novas et al. p. 68 |
2004 | Abelisaurus Sereno et al. p. 1329 fig. 4 |
2004 | Abelisaurus Tykoski and Rowe p. 49 |
2005 | Abelisaurus Candeiro and Martinelli p. 9 |
2006 | Abelisaurus Candeiro et al. p. 935 |
2006 | Abelisaurus Coria et al. p. 1288 fig. 6 |
2006 | Abelisaurus Malkani p. 8 |
2006 | Abelisaurus Novas et al. p. 63 |
2007 | Abelisaurus Juárez Valieri et al. p. 63 |
2007 | Abelisaurus Sampson and Witmer p. 33 |
2007 | Abelisaurus Smith p. 103 |
2008 | Abelisaurus Canale et al. |
2008 | Abelisaurus Carrano and Sampson pp. 199-200 fig. 4 |
2010 | Abelisaurus Novas et al. p. 48 |
2011 | Abelisaurus Paulina Carabajal p. 793 |
2012 | Abelisaurus Paulina Carabajal and Currie p. 96 |
2013 | Abelisaurus Furtado et al. p. 110 |
2013 | Abelisaurus Novas et al. p. 183 |
2014 | Abelisaurus Hendrickx and Mateus |
2014 | Abelisaurus Tortosa et al. p. 71 |
2015 | Abelisaurus Gianechini et al. |
2016 | Abelisaurus Filippi et al. p. 217 fig. 9 |
2016 | Abelisaurus Ratsinbaholison et al. p. 281 |
2018 | Abelisaurus Delcourt p. 3 |
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. F. Bonaparte and F. E. Novas 1985 | Carnosauria 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
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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 |
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Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | Argentina (Río Negro) | A. comahuensis (32339) |