Carnotaurus Bonaparte 1985 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1985. A horned Cretaceous carnosaur from Patagonia. National Geographic Research 1(1):149-151

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

See also Agnolin and Chiarelli 2010, Bonaparte 1985, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1991, Bonaparte 1996, Bonaparte et al. 1990, Canale et al. 2008, Candeiro et al. 2012, Candeiro and Martinelli 2005, Candeiro et al. 2006, Carrano et al. 2002, Carrano and Sampson 2008, Cau et al. 2012, Chatterjee and Rudra 1996, Coria and Arcucci 2004, Coria et al. 2006, Coria and Salgado 2000, Currie and Zhao 1994, Delcourt 2018, Ezcurra et al. 2010, Frey and Martill 1995, Furtado et al. 2013, Gianechini et al. 2015, Holtz 2000, Juárez Valieri et al. 2004, Juárez Valieri and Fiorelli 2004, Juárez Valieri et al. 2007, Juárez Valieri et al. 2011, Knoll et al. 1999, Kurzanov 1989, Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1991, Malkani 2006, Martínez et al. 2004, Martínez and Novas 2006, Molnar 1992, Novas 1992, Novas 1997, Novas et al. 2004, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2010, Novas et al. 2006, Padian 1997, Paul 1988, Paulina Carabajal 2011, Paulina Carabajal and Currie 2012, Pérez-Moreno et al. 1994, Prasad and Sahni 1999, Prasad and Sahni 2009, Ratsinbaholison et al. 2016, Rauhut 2003, Rowe et al. 1997, Ruiz et al. 2011, Sampson et al. 1996, Sampson et al. 1997, Sampson et al. 1998, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno et al. 2008, Sereno et al. 2004, Smith 2007, Smith et al. 2010, Tortosa et al. 2014, Tykoski and Rowe 2004 and White et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Abelisaurinae, Elemgasem, Llukalkan, Pycnonemosaurus, Quilmesaurus, Viavenator

Subtaxa: Carnotaurus sastrei

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Estancia Pocho Sastre, 8th Paleontological Expedition (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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