Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Full reference: P. C. Sereno and S. L. Brusatte. 2008. Basal abelisaurid and carcharodontosaurid theropods from the Lower Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation of Niger. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(1):15-46

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

See also Delcourt 2018, Gianechini et al. 2015, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Novas et al. 2013, Ratsinbaholison et al. 2016, Sereno and Brusatte 2008 and Tortosa et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Brachyrostra, Carnotaurinae, Coeluroides, Dryptosauroides, Indosuchus, Kurupi, Lametasaurus, Megalosaurus chubutensis, Ornithomimoides, Rugops, Spectrovenator, Tarascosaurus, Tralkasaurus, Xenotarsosaurus

Subtaxa: Kryptops palaios

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gadoufaoua, G138 (Cretaceous of Niger)

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