Abelisaur

iAbelisaurs
Fossil range: Cretaceous

Skull of Abelisaurus.

Extinct (fossil)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Infraorder:	Ceratosauria
Superfamily:	Abelisauroidea Bonaparte & Novas, 1985

Species

See text

Abelisaurs were a group of Ceratosaurian dinosaurs which lived all over the southern hemisphere (with the exception of Tarascosaurus in Southern Europe) during the Cretaceous period. Some well-known species include Abelisaurus, Carnotaurus, and Majungasaurus.

Classification

Infraorder Ceratosauria
- Superfamily ABELISAUROIDEA
  - Spinostropheus
  - Abelisauria
    - Betasuchus
    - Genusaurus
    - Ozraptor
    - Quilmesaurus
    - Tarascosaurus
    - Family Noasauridae
      - Bahariasaurus
      - Coeluroides
      - Jubbulpuria
      - Laevisuchus
      - Ligabueino
      - Deltadromeus
      - Subfamily Noasaurinae
        Masiakasaurus
        
        Noasaurus
        
        Velocisaurus
    - Family Abelisauridae
      - Ilokelesia
      - Rugops
      - Ekrixinatosaurus
      - Compsosuchus
      - Xenotarsosaurus
      - Abelisaurus
      - Indosaurus
      - Indosuchus
      - Subfamily Carnotaurinae
        Rajasaurus
        
        Majungasaurus
        
        Tribe Carnotaurini
        Aucasaurus
        
        Carnotaurus

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