Abelisaurus Bonaparte 1984 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1984. I dinosauri dell’Argentina [. Sulle Orme dei Dinosauri 125-143

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

See also Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1991, Bonaparte 1996, Bonaparte and Novas 1985, Bonaparte et al. 1990, Buffetaut 1992, Canale et al. 2008, Candeiro and Martinelli 2005, Candeiro et al. 2006, Carrano et al. 2002, Carrano and Sampson 2008, Chatterjee and Rudra 1996, Coria and Arcucci 2004, Coria et al. 2006, Coria and Salgado 2000, Currie and Zhao 1994, Delcourt 2018, Frey and Martill 1995, Furtado et al. 2013, Gianechini et al. 2015, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Holtz 2000, Juárez Valieri et al. 2007, Kurzanov 1989, Lamanna et al. 2002, Malkani 2006, Martínez et al. 2004, Novas 1992, Novas 1997, Novas 1997, Novas et al. 2004, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2010, Novas et al. 2006, Paul 1988, Paulina Carabajal 2011, Paulina Carabajal and Currie 2012, Prasad and Sahni 1999, Ratsinbaholison et al. 2016, Rauhut 2003, Rowe et al. 1997, Sampson et al. 1996, Sampson et al. 1998, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno et al. 2004, Smith 2007, Tortosa et al. 2014 and Tykoski and Rowe 2004

Sister taxon: Niebla

Subtaxa: Abelisaurus comahuensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cantera de la Pala Mécanica (MPCA) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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