- lizards") is a
family (or clade) of
ceratosaurian theropod dinosaurs.
Abelisaurids thrived during the
Cretaceous period, on the
ancient southern supercontinent...
- Ceratosauria. The
triumvirate model of ceratosaurs, coelophysoids, and
abelisaurids would go
unchallenged until the
early 2000s.
Beginning at the turn of...
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Majungasaurus (/məˌdʒʌŋɡəˈsɔːrəs/; lit. 'Mahajanga lizard') is a
genus of
abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that
lived in
Madagascar from 70 to 66
million years...
- most
derived abelisaurids, with
traits like very short,
narrow skulls and
extremely reduced forearms, even more so than
other abelisaurids. Many brachyrostrans...
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Caletodraco is a
genus of
furileusaurian abelisaurid dinosaur from Late
Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
Chalk of the Pays de Caux, France. The type
species is...
- Hemisphere. It was not
until the 21st
century that
similar well-preserved
abelisaurids were described,
including Aucasaurus,
Majungasaurus and Skorpiovenator...
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Skorpiovenator ("scorpion hunter") is a
genus of
abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late
Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Turonian) ****ncul
Formation of...
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Tralkasaurus (meaning "thunder lizard") is a
genus of
abelisaurid dinosaur from the ****ncul
Formation from Río
Negro Province in Argentina. The type and...
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Rajasaurus (meaning "King lizard") is a
genus of
carnivorous abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late
Cretaceous of India,
containing one species:...
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Aucasaurus is a
genus of medium-sized
abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from
Argentina that
lived during the Late
Cretaceous (Santonian to
Campanian stage)...
