Synonym: Abelisauria Novas 1992
Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1991. The Gondwanian theropod families Abelisauridae and Noasauridae. Historical Biology 5(1):1-25
Parent taxon: Ceratosauria according to M. A. Baiano et al. 2021
See also Agnolín et al. 2023, Agnolín et al. 2021, Agnolin et al. 2025, Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2021, Baiano et al. 2020, Baiano et al. 2022, Bonaparte 1991, Calvo et al. 2004, Carrano et al. 2002, Carrano and Sampson 2008, Cerroni et al. 2020, Coria et al. 2002, Coria and Salgado 2000, de Azevedo et al. 2013, Delcourt and Iori 2020, Ezcurra et al. 2010, Gasparini et al. 2015, Gianechini et al. 2015, Giaretta et al. 2023, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Holtz 2000, Iori et al. 2021, Juarez et al. 2023, Krause et al. 2007, Lamanna et al. 2002, Martínez et al. 2004, Novas 1992, Novas 1997, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2008, Paulina-Carabajal et al. 2021, Rauhut 2003, Rowe et al. 1997, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Sereno and Brusatte 2008, Sereno et al. 1994, Tavares et al. 2014, Tortosa et al. 2014, Tykoski and Rowe 2004, Yates 2005 and Zaher et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Abelisauridae, Betasuchus, Ceratosauridae, Ceratosauroidea, Ceratosaurus, Dolichosuchus, Genyodectes, Megalosaurus meriani, Neoceratosauria, Noasauridae, Orthogoniosaurus, Pterospondylus, Saltriovenator, Spinostropheus
Subtaxa: Eoabelisaurus Ornithomimoides Ornithomimoides barasimlensis Ornithomimoides mobilis Vitakrisauridae
Type: Abelisaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
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