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Abelisauridae Bonaparte & Novas, 1985 ^†

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » order Dinosauria - dinosaurs » superfamily Abelisauroidea

Temporal range:	Lower Jurassic - Upper Cretaceous

Description

The Abelisaurs were large carnivorous dinosaurs with fused ankle bones.

Author: Bill Darwin

Included taxa

Number of records: 15

genus Abelisaurus Bonaparte & Novas, 1985 - Abel's lizard ^†

genus Aucasaurus Coria Chiappe & Dingus, 2002 - auca lizard ^†

genus Carnotaurus Bonaparte, 1985 ^†

genus Ekrixinatosaurus Calvo, Rubilar-Roger, Moreno, 2004 ^†

genus Ilokelesia Coria & Salgado, 2000 - flesh lizard ^†

genus Indosaurus Huene & Mattley, 1933 ^†

genus Indosuchus Huene & Matley, 1933 ^†

genus Kryptops Sereno & Brusatte, 2008 ^†

genus Majungasaurus Lavocat, 1955 - majunga lizard ^†

genus Pycnonemosaurus Kellner & Campos, 2002 ^†

genus Rajasaurus Sereno & Wilson, 2003 - regal lizard ^†

genus Rugops Sereno, Wilson & Conrad, 2004 - wrinkle faced ^†

genus Skorpiovenator Canale et al., 2009 ^†

genus Spinostropheus Lapparent, 1960 - long spine ^†

genus Xenotarsosaurus Martinez, Gimenez, Rodriguez & Bochatey, 1987 - strange ankle lizard ^†

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