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 AgnolĂn et al. 2023, Baiano et al. 2020, Bonaparte 1991, Carrano et al. 2002, Carrano and Sampson 2008, 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, Krause et al. 2007, Lamanna et al. 2002, Novas 1992, Novas 1997, Novas et al. 2013, Paulina-Carabajal et al. 2021, Rauhut 2003, Rowe et al. 1997, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Sereno et al. 1994, Tortosa et al. 2014, Tykoski and Rowe 2004, Yates 2005 and Zaher et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Berberosaurus, Betasuchus, Ceratosauridae, Ceratosauroidea, Ceratosaurus, Dolichosuchus, Genyodectes, Megalosaurus meriani, Neoceratosauria, Noasauridae, Orthogoniosaurus, Pterospondylus, Saltriovenator, Spinostropheus
Subtaxa: Abelisauridae Eoabelisaurus Vitakrisauridae
Type: Abelisaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore