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abelisauroid remains come from
Australian and
South American deposits dated to
about 170
million years ago). By the
Cretaceous period,
abelisauroids had...
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noted that the
latter condition was not
consistent among abelisauroids: the
grooves in
abelisauroids usually reach the tip of the claw,
while they dissipate...
- (ceratosaurs
exemplified by
reduced arms and hands) †Abelisauridae (large
abelisauroids with
short arms and
oftentimes elaborate facial ornamentation) †Noasauridae...
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position of
Dahalokely among abelisauroids is uncertain. Its
vertebrae and ribs have
features of both main
groups of
abelisauroids, the
Noasauridae and the...
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conflicting blend of
characteristics found among the early-diverging
abelisauroids with
others that
characterize the
highly specialized clade Brachyrostra...
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Taurovenator was
found in the
vicinity of the
megaraptoran Aoniraptor,
several abelisauroids, and a
possible unenlagiine paravian. In 2024, a new
specimen of Taurovenator...
- Forster, C.A. (2002). "The
osteology of
Masiakasaurus knopfleri, a
small abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late
Cretaceous of Madagascar". Journal...
- Majungasaurus. The
antorbital fossa is less
developed than in
other abelisauroids. The
postorbital was large, and
intersected the
orbit (eye socket),...
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Ozraptor (meaning "Australian thief") is a
genus of
possibly abelisauroid theropod dinosaur from the
Middle Jur****ic (Bajocian)
Colalura Sandstone of Australia...
- horizontally,
giving it only a
slighter curve. Like
those of
other abelisauroids, the
vertebrae are
heavily pneumaticized, or hollowed, and have relatively...
