Abelisaur

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Abelisaurs
Fossil range: Jurassic - Cretaceous
Skull of Abelisaurus.
Skull of Abelisaurus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Ceratosauria
Superfamily: Abelisauroidea
Bonaparte & Novas, 1985
Families

Abelisauridae
Noasauridae

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.

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