†unranked clade Brachyrostra Canale et al. 2008 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Full reference: J. I. Canale, C. A. Scanferla, F. L. Agnolín and F. E. Novas. 2008. New carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of NW Patagonia and the evolution of abelisaurid theropods. Naturwissenschaften 96:409-414

Parent taxon: Abelisauridae according to D. Pol et al. 2024

See also Agnolín et al. 2021, Baiano et al. 2022, Canale et al. 2008, Delcourt 2018, Delcourt and Iori 2020, Ezcurra et al. 2010, Filippi et al. 2016, Gianechini et al. 2021, Juárez Valieri et al. 2011, Méndez et al. 2022, Novas et al. 2013 and Tortosa et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Carnotaurinae, Coeluroides, Compsosuchus, Compsosuchus solus, Dryptosauroides, Indosuchus, Kryptops, Kurupi, Lametasaurus, Megalosaurus chubutensis, Rugops, Spectrovenator, Tarascosaurus, Tralkasaurus, Xenotarsosaurus

Subtaxa: Aucasaurus Carnotaurini Dahalokely Ekrixinatosaurus Furileusauria Guemesia Ilokelesia Rahiolisaurus Skorpiovenator Thanos

view classification

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (20 collections), Brazil (2), France (1), India (1), Madagascar (1)

Total: 25 collections including 28 occurrences

Show more details