Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Alternative combination: Carnotaurus sasteri
Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1985. A horned Cretaceous carnosaur from Patagonia. National Geographic Research 1(1):149-151
Belongs to Carnotaurus according to M. T. Carrano and S. D. Sampson 2008
See also Bonaparte 1985, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1991, Bonaparte 1996, Bonaparte et al. 1990, Buffetaut et al. 2005, Burch and Carrano 2012, Candeiro et al. 2012, Candeiro and Harris 2012, Candeiro and Martinelli 2005, Candeiro et al. 2006, Chatterjee and Rudra 1996, Christiansen and Tschopp 2010, Coria and Arcucci 2004, Coria et al. 2006, Dalman 2014, Delcourt 2018, Delcourt and Grillo 2014, Delcourt and Grillo 2018, Ezcurra et al. 2010, Fanti et al. 2012, Fernandes de Azevedo et al. 2013, Filippi et al. 2016, Frey and Martill 1995, Furtado et al. 2013, Juárez Valieri et al. 2004, Juárez Valieri and Fiorelli 2004, Juárez Valieri et al. 2007, Juárez Valieri et al. 2011, Khosla and Lucas 2023, Knoll et al. 1999, Lamanna et al. 2002, Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1991, Malkani 2007, Malkani 2014, Malkani 2015, Martínez et al. 2004, Méndez 2014, Méndez 2014, Méndez et al. 2022, Molnar 1991, Molnar 1992, Naish 1999, Norell and Makovicky 1997, Novas 1997, Novas 1997, Novas et al. 2004, Novas et al. 2013, Osi and Buffetaut 2011, Paul 1988, Paulina Carabajal 2011, Paulina Carabajal and Currie 2012, Prasad and Sahni 1999, Ratsinbaholison et al. 2016, Rauhut 2003, Rowe et al. 1997, Ruiz et al. 2011, Salem et al. 2022, Salgado et al. 2009, Sampson et al. 1996, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Senter and Sullivan 2019, Sereno et al. 2008, Smith et al. 2010, Tykoski and Rowe 2004, Vickaryous and Ryan 1997, Vila et al. 2011, White et al. 2015 and Zaher et al. 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MACN-CH 894, a skeleton. Its type locality is Estancia Pocho Sastre, 8th Paleontological Expedition, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial siliciclastic in the La Colonia Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Estancia Pocho Sastre, 8th Paleontological Expedition
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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