- are
generally accentuated in
later members of the group, such as the
abelisaurs,
whereas more
basal species such as C.
nasicornis appear more similar...
-
Comparison between the air sacs of an
abelisaur and a bird...
- name
refers to the
dynamiting of the
holotype specimen. It was a
large abelisaur,
measuring between 6.5 and 8 m (21 and 26 ft) in
length and
weighing 800 kg...
-
including the
titanosaur sauropods Isisaurus and
Jainosaurus and the
Abelisaurs Indosaurus, Indosuchus, and
Rajasaurus and
Noasaurids Laevisuchus. Synapsids...
-
There have been some
discoveries of
unusually well-preserved
fossil dinosaur specimens which bear
remnants of
tissues and
bodily structures.
Organic tissue...
- more
anatomically advanced tetanuran relatives and—in the form of the
abelisaur lineage—lasted to the end of the
Cretaceous in Gondwana. The Tetanurae...
-
suspected that
Cryolophosaurus might be a
ceratosaur or even an
early abelisaur, with some
traits convergent with
those of more
advanced tetanurans, but...
-
estimated to be 5.3
metres (17 ft) in
length in a
comprehensive analysis of
abelisaur size. The same year
another estimation listed it
higher at 5.8 meters...
- hatchet-shaped
cnemial crest of the
tibia distinguishes this
species within the
abelisaurs. The
caudal vertebra has
distinct abelisaurid features, such as a fan-shaped...
- or a
close relative of it. Alternatively, this bone
could belong to an
abelisaur. The
cladogram below follows the 2010
analysis by Benson,
Carrano and...
