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family · 3 represented species

Abelisauridae

Abelisauridae is included in this curated classification as a family within Ceratosauria. Its displayed membership follows the simplified relationships used by this dataset.

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Abelisauridae

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Representative silhouette for Abelisauridae
3Direct child groups
3Countries represented
72–66 MaDataset range

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

genus

Carnotaurus

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Majungasaurus

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Rajasaurus

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Representative taxa

Dinosaurs in this branch

Side-view life reconstruction of Carnotaurus sastrei by Fred WierumArt by Fred Wierum · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cretaceous

Carnotaurus sastrei

A short-skulled Patagonian abelisaurid with thick brow horns, extremely reduced arms and exceptionally preserved scaly skin. Nearly everything known comes from one remarkable skeleton.

carnivore~7.5 m
Full-body side-view life reconstruction of Majungasaurus crenatissimusArt by TotalDino · CC BY 4.0

Cretaceous

Majungasaurus crenatissimus

A short-skulled Madagascan abelisaurid known from multiple skulls and skeletons, including bones bearing feeding marks made by its own species.

carnivore~6.5 m
Full-body side-view reconstruction of Rajasaurus narmadensisArt by Paleocolour · CC BY-SA 3.0

Cretaceous

Rajasaurus narmadensis

A stoutly built Indian abelisaurid known from an associated partial skeleton with a thickened skull roof and distinctive low median horn.

carnivore~6.6 m

Distribution

Geographic record

Argentina · Madagascar · India

Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the DinosauriaDinosaur Paleobiology