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Abelisauridae
Taxonomy
Abelisauridae was named by Bonaparte and Novas (1985).
It was assigned to Carnosauria by Bonaparte (1985), Bonaparte and Novas (1985) and Kurzanov (1989); to Carnosauria by Currie and Zhao (1994); to Neoceratosauria by Novas (1991), Holtz (1995) and Holtz (1998); to Ceratosauroidea by Bonaparte et al. (1990), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Sampson et al. (1998) and Sereno (1999); to Ceratosauria by Wilson et al. (2003); to Abelisauria by Novas (1992), Novas (1992), Novas (1997) and Tykoski and Rowe (2004); to Theropoda by Molnar (1992) and Bittencourt and Langer (2011); to Etrigansauria by Delcourt (2018); to Ceratosauria by Currie (1997), Le Loeuff (1998), Ruiz et al. (2011), Longrich et al. (2017) and Méndez et al. (2022); and to Abelisauroidea by Bonaparte (1991), Holtz (1994), Rowe et al. (1997), Holtz (2000), Coria and Salgado (2000), Lamanna et al. (2002), Carrano et al. (2002), Coria et al. (2002), Rauhut (2003), Sereno et al. (2004), Novas et al. (2004), Carrano et al. (2004), Yates (2005), Candeiro and Martinelli (2005), Novas et al. (2006), Coria et al. (2006), Sampson and Witmer (2007), Krause et al. (2007), Carrano and Sampson (2008), Ezcurra et al. (2010), Agnolin and Chiarelli (2010), Novas et al. (2013), Furtado et al. (2013), Tortosa et al. (2014), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Gasparini et al. (2015), Gianechini et al. (2015), Zaher et al. (2020), Delcourt and Iori (2020), Baiano et al. (2021), Giaretta et al. (2023) and Agnolín et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Carnosauria by Bonaparte (1985), Bonaparte and Novas (1985) and Kurzanov (1989); to Carnosauria by Currie and Zhao (1994); to Neoceratosauria by Novas (1991), Holtz (1995) and Holtz (1998); to Ceratosauroidea by Bonaparte et al. (1990), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Sampson et al. (1998) and Sereno (1999); to Ceratosauria by Wilson et al. (2003); to Abelisauria by Novas (1992), Novas (1992), Novas (1997) and Tykoski and Rowe (2004); to Theropoda by Molnar (1992) and Bittencourt and Langer (2011); to Etrigansauria by Delcourt (2018); to Ceratosauria by Currie (1997), Le Loeuff (1998), Ruiz et al. (2011), Longrich et al. (2017) and Méndez et al. (2022); and to Abelisauroidea by Bonaparte (1991), Holtz (1994), Rowe et al. (1997), Holtz (2000), Coria and Salgado (2000), Lamanna et al. (2002), Carrano et al. (2002), Coria et al. (2002), Rauhut (2003), Sereno et al. (2004), Novas et al. (2004), Carrano et al. (2004), Yates (2005), Candeiro and Martinelli (2005), Novas et al. (2006), Coria et al. (2006), Sampson and Witmer (2007), Krause et al. (2007), Carrano and Sampson (2008), Ezcurra et al. (2010), Agnolin and Chiarelli (2010), Novas et al. (2013), Furtado et al. (2013), Tortosa et al. (2014), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Gasparini et al. (2015), Gianechini et al. (2015), Zaher et al. (2020), Delcourt and Iori (2020), Baiano et al. (2021), Giaretta et al. (2023) and Agnolín et al. (2023).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1933 | Coeluroides Huene p. 61 fig. 21 |
1933 | Coeluroides largus Huene p. 61 fig. 21 |
1933 | Dryptosauroides Huene p. 62 fig. 22 |
1933 | Dryptosauroides grandis Huene p. 62 fig. 22 |
1933 | Ornithomimoides Huene p. 64 |
1933 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Huene p. 64 fig. 20 |
1933 | Ornithomimoides Huene p. 645 figs. 2-21 |
1939 | Dryptosauroides Kuhn p. 47 |
1939 | Dryptosauroides grandis Kuhn p. 47 |
1939 | Coeluroides Kuhn p. 48 |
1939 | Coeluroides largus Kuhn p. 48 |
1939 | Ornithomimoides Kuhn p. 56 |
1939 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Kuhn p. 56 |
1956 | Coeluroides Romer p. 612 |
1956 | Ornithomimoides Romer p. 613 |
1956 | Dryptosauroides Romer p. 615 |
1957 | Coeluroides largus Lapparent p. 111 |
1957 | Dryptosauroides grandis Lapparent p. 111 |
1957 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Lapparent p. 111 |
1958 | Coeluroides Huene p. 205 |
1958 | Dryptosauroides Huene p. 205 |
1958 | Ornithomimoides Huene p. 205 |
1964 | Coeluroides Tatarinov p. 533 |
1964 | Ornithomimoides Tatarinov p. 535 |
1964 | Dryptosauroides Tatarinov p. 537 |
1966 | Coeluroides Romer p. 369 |
1966 | Dryptosauroides Romer p. 369 |
1966 | Ornithomimoides Romer p. 369 |
1970 | Coeluroides Steel p. 15 |
1970 | Coeluroides largus Steel p. 15 |
1970 | Ornithomimoides Steel p. 19 |
1970 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Steel p. 19 |
1970 | Dryptosauroides Steel p. 31 |
1970 | Dryptosauroides grandis Steel p. 31 |
1974 | Megalosaurus chubutensis del Corro |
1978 | Megalosaurus chubutensis Bonaparte p. 551 |
1980 | Coeluroides Molnar p. 139 |
1980 | Dryptosauroides Molnar p. 139 |
1980 | Ornithomimoides Molnar p. 139 |
1984 | Coeluroides largus Welles p. 162 |
1985 | Abelisauridae Bonaparte p. 149 |
1985 | Abelisauridae Bonaparte and Novas p. 260 |
1988 | Coeluroides Carroll |
1988 | Dryptosauroides Carroll |
1988 | Ornithomimoides Carroll |
1988 | Coeluroides largus Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 416 |
1988 | Dryptosauroides grandis Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 416 |
1988 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 416 |
1989 | Coeluroides largus Jain p. 100 |
1989 | Dryptosauroides grandis Jain p. 100 |
1989 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Jain p. 100 |
1989 | Abelisauridae Kurzanov p. 3 |
1989 | Ornithomimoides Kurzanov p. 4 |
1990 | Abelisauridae Bonaparte et al. pp. 2-3 |
1991 | Abelisauridae Bonaparte p. 22 |
1991 | Abelisauridae Novas p. 401 |
1992 | Abelisauridae Molnar p. 265 |
1992 | Abelisauridae Novas |
1994 | Abelisauridae Currie and Zhao p. 2079 |
1994 | Abelisauridae Holtz |
1995 | Abelisauridae Holtz, Jr. p. 35A |
1996 | Coeluroides largus Kohring et al. p. 51 |
1996 | Dryptosauroides grandis Kohring et al. p. 51 |
1996 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Kohring et al. p. 51 |
1996 | Coeluroides largus Loyal et al. p. 629 |
1996 | Dryptosauroides grandis Loyal et al. p. 629 |
1996 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Loyal et al. p. 629 |
1997 | Abelisauridae Currie p. 732 |
1997 | Abelisauridae Novas p. 1 |
1997 | Abelisauridae Rowe et al. p. 108–109 |
1997 | Abelisauridae Sereno p. 455 |
1998 | Abelisauridae Holtz, Jr. p. 39 |
1998 | Abelisauridae Le Loeuff p. 53 |
1998 | Abelisauridae Sampson et al. p. 1050 fig. 3 |
1998 | Abelisauridae Sereno p. 64 |
1999 | Abelisauridae Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2 |
2000 | Abelisauridae Coria and Salgado |
2000 | Abelisauridae Holtz, Jr. p. 16 |
2001 | Coeluroides largus Mohabey p. 484 |
2001 | Dryptosauroides grandis Mohabey p. 484 |
2001 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Mohabey p. 484 |
2002 | Abelisauridae Carrano et al. |
2002 | Abelisauridae Coria et al. |
2002 | Abelisauridae Lamanna et al. p. 63 |
2003 | Abelisauridae Rauhut p. 142 |
2003 | Abelisauridae Wilson et al. |
2004 | Abelisauridae Carrano et al. p. 44A |
2004 | Abelisauridae Novas et al. p. 80 |
2004 | Coeluroides Novas et al. p. 83 |
2004 | Coeluroides largus Novas et al. p. 83 |
2004 | Abelisauridae Sereno et al. p. 1326 fig. 4 |
2004 | Abelisauridae Tykoski and Rowe p. 65 fig. 3.12 |
2005 | Abelisauridae Candeiro and Martinelli p. 9 |
2005 | Abelisauridae Yates p. 118 fig. 9 |
2006 | Abelisauridae Coria et al. p. 1288 fig. 6 |
2006 | Abelisauridae Novas et al. p. 63 |
2007 | Abelisauridae Krause et al. p. 2 |
2007 | Abelisauridae Sampson and Witmer p. 38 |
2008 | Abelisauridae Carrano and Sampson pp. 199-200 fig. 4 |
2010 | Abelisauridae Agnolin and Chiarelli p. 294 |
2010 | Abelisauridae Ezcurra et al. p. 14 fig. 8 |
2011 | Abelisauridae Bittencourt and Langer p. 35 |
2011 | Abelisauridae Ruiz et al. p. 1271 |
2013 | Abelisauridae Furtado et al. p. 109 |
2013 | Abelisauridae Novas et al. p. 176 |
2014 | Abelisauridae Hendrickx and Mateus |
2014 | Abelisauridae Tortosa et al. p. 70 |
2015 | Abelisauridae Gasparini et al. |
2015 | Abelisauridae Gianechini et al. |
2017 | Abelisauridae Longrich et al. |
2018 | Abelisauridae Delcourt p. 3 |
2020 | Abelisauridae Delcourt and Iori |
2020 | Abelisauridae Zaher et al. |
2021 | Abelisauridae Baiano et al. |
2022 | Abelisauridae Méndez et al. p. 2 |
2023 | Abelisauridae Agnolín et al. |
2023 | Abelisauridae Giaretta et al. |
2023 | Coeluroides Khosla and Lucas p. 718 |
2023 | Coeluroides largus Khosla and Lucas p. 718 |
2023 | Dryptosauroides Khosla and Lucas p. 718 |
2023 | Dryptosauroides grandis Khosla and Lucas p. 718 |
2023 | Ornithomimoides Khosla and Lucas p. 718 |
2023 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Khosla and Lucas p. 718 |
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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.
Fm. †Abelisauridae Bonaparte and Novas 1985
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Unr. †Brachyrostra Canale et al. 2008
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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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available