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    Abelisauridae (meaning "Abel's lizards") is a family (or clade) of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaurs. Abelisaurids thrived during the Cretaceous period...
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    possibly Madagascar (fragmentary remains of an unnamed species). Possible Abelisauridae remains (an isolated left tibia, right femur, and right tibia) were...
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    ground. Majungasaurus is classified as a member of the theropod clade Abelisauridae, which is considered a family in Linnaean taxonomy. Along with the family...
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    Ceratosauria includes three major clades: Ceratosauridae, Noasauridae, and Abelisauridae, found primarily (though not exclusively) in the Southern Hemisphere...
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    of the La Colonia Formation. Carnotaurus is a derived member of the Abelisauridae, a group of large theropods that occupied the large predatorial niche...
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    Carnotaurinae is a subfamily of the theropod dinosaur family Abelisauridae. It includes the dinosaurs Aucasaurus (from Argentina), Carnotaurus (from Argentina)...
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    within Abelisauridae. Many characters supported its placement within Abelisauridae. The recovery of Spectrovenator as a basal member of Abelisauridae is consistent...
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    Carnotaurini is a tribe of the theropod dinosaur family Abelisauridae from the Late Cretaceous period of Patagonia. It includes the dinosaurs Carnotaurus...
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    presence of which might possible be a synapomorphic characteristic of Abelisauridae, is absent and has a higher dental formulae than in any other abelisaurid...
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    (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar". Paleoenvironment and Paleoecology of Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from...
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  • from central Patagonia. Koleken is placed in the Carnotaurini tribe of Abelisauridae, in a polytomy with the other carnotaurins in a phylogenetic analysis:...
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    genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur that belonged to the family Abelisauridae. It was found in the Upper Cretaceous red conglomerate sandstones of...
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    portal Carcharodontosauridae/Abelisauridae Archived 2021-04-28 at the Wayback Machine Carcharodontosauridae/Abelisauridae 2 Archived 2021-04-30 at the...
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    Bonaparte and Novas placed Abelisaurus in the newly created family Abelisauridae in 1985. They thought it was a member of the Carnosauria. Abelisaurus...
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    Ceratosauria+ †Parvorder Neoceratosauria+ †Superfamily Abelisauroidea †Family Abelisauridae †Family Noasauridae †Family Ceratosauridae Infraorder Tetanurae †Superfamily...
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    family Abelisauridae, a Gondwanan clade known for their thick and often horned skulls and vestigial arms. The two subfamilies of Abelisauridae are Carnotaurinae...
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    recovered Thanos in a large polytomy with other brachyrostrans within the Abelisauridae. Their resulting cladogram is shown below: Thanos shared only two synapomorphies...
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    "Paleoenvironment and Paleoecology of Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar". In Sampson, Scott D.; Krause...
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  • morphology and variation in Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Sampson stresses the importance...
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    but also part of its upper margin, unlike in members of the related Abelisauridae. The quadrate bone, which was connected to the lower jaw at its bottom...
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    ceratosaurs. Arcovenator is a theropod genus nested within the clade Abelisauridae, which in Linnaean taxonomy has the rank of family. This taxonomical...
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    †Abelisauroidea (ceratosaurs exemplified by reduced arms and hands) †Abelisauridae (large abelisauroids with short arms and oftentimes elaborate facial...
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    dinosaur Troodon". GAIA. 15: 159–166. Hendrickx, C; Mateus, O (2014). "Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal and dentition-based...
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    sastrei and Aucasaurus garridoi were the most complete specimens of the abelisauridae family. The remains of Ekrixinatosaurus helped fill in more information...
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    Upper Cretaceous (Campanian stage) of Argentina. It was a member of Abelisauridae, closely related to genera such as Carnotaurus. The only known remains...
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    American fossil remains. They represent some of the largest members of the Abelisauridae, with an average length of 7.1 ± 2.1 m (23.3 ± 6.9 ft). The clade is...
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    occurred independently in four different lineages: Carcharodontosauridae, Abelisauridae, Tyrannosauridae, and Alvarezsauridae. Additionally, the second toes...
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    above the orbit and a flange of the same bone inside the orbit, with Abelisauridae and Noasauridae; but it was considered to retain primitive features...
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    reduced forelimb proportions that show primitive characteristics of the Abelisauridae family. In 2009, Argentinian paleontologist Diego Pol discovered the...
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    in the same beds. Chenanisaurus is one of the largest members of the Abelisauridae, and one of the last, being a contemporary of the North American Tyrannosaurus...
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