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Abelisauroidea
Taxonomy
Abelisauroidea was named by Bonaparte (1991) [Reference cites Novas (1989) as source of name, but that is a PhD thesis, so cannot serve as origin for nomenclatural purposes.]. Its type is Abelisaurus. It was considered monophyletic by de Azevedo et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Ceratosauria by Bonaparte (1991) and Sereno et al. (1994); to Theropoda by Carrano et al. (2002); to Abelisauria by Coria et al. (2002); to Neoceratosauria by Rowe et al. (1997), Holtz (2000), Lamanna et al. (2002), Carrano et al. (2002), Tykoski and Rowe (2004) and Tortosa et al. (2014); to Theropoda by Paulina-Carabajal et al. (2021); and to Ceratosauria by Rauhut (2003), Yates (2005), Sampson and Witmer (2007), Krause et al. (2007), Carrano and Sampson (2008), Ezcurra et al. (2010), Novas et al. (2013), de Azevedo et al. (2013), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Gasparini et al. (2015), Gianechini et al. (2015), Zaher et al. (2020), Baiano et al. (2020), Delcourt and Iori (2020), Baiano et al. (2021), Giaretta et al. (2023) and Agnolín et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Ceratosauria by Bonaparte (1991) and Sereno et al. (1994); to Theropoda by Carrano et al. (2002); to Abelisauria by Coria et al. (2002); to Neoceratosauria by Rowe et al. (1997), Holtz (2000), Lamanna et al. (2002), Carrano et al. (2002), Tykoski and Rowe (2004) and Tortosa et al. (2014); to Theropoda by Paulina-Carabajal et al. (2021); and to Ceratosauria by Rauhut (2003), Yates (2005), Sampson and Witmer (2007), Krause et al. (2007), Carrano and Sampson (2008), Ezcurra et al. (2010), Novas et al. (2013), de Azevedo et al. (2013), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Gasparini et al. (2015), Gianechini et al. (2015), Zaher et al. (2020), Baiano et al. (2020), Delcourt and Iori (2020), Baiano et al. (2021), Giaretta et al. (2023) and Agnolín et al. (2023).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1991 | Abelisauroidea Bonaparte p. 22 |
1992 | Abelisauria Novas p. 127 |
1994 | Abelisauroidea Sereno et al. p. 270 |
1997 | Abelisauria Novas p. 683 |
1997 | Abelisauroidea Rowe et al. p. 109 |
2000 | Abelisauria Coria and Salgado |
2000 | Abelisauroidea Holtz, Jr. p. 16 fig. 5 |
2002 | Abelisauroidea Carrano et al. |
2002 | Abelisauria Coria et al. |
2002 | Abelisauroidea Coria et al. |
2002 | Abelisauroidea Lamanna et al. p. 63 |
2003 | Abelisauroidea Rauhut p. 141 |
2004 | Abelisauroidea Tykoski and Rowe p. 49 |
2004 | Abelisauria Tykoski and Rowe p. 65 fig. 3.12 |
2005 | Abelisauroidea Yates p. 118 fig. 9 |
2007 | Abelisauroidea Krause et al. p. 2 |
2007 | Abelisauroidea Sampson and Witmer p. 38 |
2008 | Abelisauroidea Carrano and Sampson pp. 199-200 fig. 4 |
2010 | Abelisauroidea Ezcurra et al. p. 14 fig. 8 |
2013 | Abelisauroidea Novas et al. p. 176 |
2013 | Abelisauroidea de Azevedo et al. |
2014 | Abelisauroidea Hendrickx and Mateus |
2014 | Abelisauroidea Tortosa et al. p. 70 |
2015 | Abelisauroidea Gasparini et al. |
2015 | Abelisauroidea Gianechini et al. |
2020 | Abelisauroidea Baiano et al. |
2020 | Abelisauroidea Delcourt and Iori |
2020 | Abelisauroidea Zaher et al. |
2021 | Abelisauroidea Baiano et al. |
2021 | Abelisauroidea Paulina-Carabajal et al. |
2023 | Abelisauroidea Agnolín et al. |
2023 | Abelisauroidea Giaretta et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Superfm. †Abelisauroidea Bonaparte 1991
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Fm. †Abelisauridae Bonaparte and Novas 1985
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Unr. †Brachyrostra Canale et al. 2008
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Unr. †Furileusauria Filippi et al. 2016
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Subfm. †Abelisaurinae Paul 1988
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G. †Abelisaurus Bonaparte 1984
G. †Niebla Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2021
G. †Skorpiovenator Canale et al. 2008 [scorpion hunter]
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†Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Canale et al. 2008
Invalid names: Carnotaurini Coria et al. 2002 [empty]
Subfm. †Carnotaurinae Sereno 1998
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Tr. †Majungasaurini Tortosa et al. 2014
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G. †Majungasaurus Lavocat 1955
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†Majungasaurus crenatissimus Depéret 1896
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Invalid names: Majungatholus atopus Sues and Taquet 1979 [synonym]
Invalid names: Majungatholus Sues and Taquet 1979 [synonym]
G. †Tarascosaurus Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1991
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†Tarascosaurus salluvicus Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1991
Invalid names: Coeluroides Huene 1933 [nomen dubium], Dryptosauroides Huene 1933 [nomen dubium], Megalosaurus chubutensis del Corro 1974 [nomen dubium], Ornithomimoides Huene 1933 [nomen dubium]
Fm. †Vitakrisauridae Malkani 2010
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Subfm. †Vitakrisaurinae Malkani 2010
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Invalid names: Rajasaurinae Malkani 2010 [empty]
Invalid names: Abelisauria Novas 1992 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available