Carnotaurinae
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| Carnotaurinae Fossil range: Late Cretaceous |
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Carnotaurinae is a subfamily of the theropod dinosaur family Abelisauridae. It includes the dinosaurs Aucasaurus (from Argentina), Carnotaurus (from Argentina), Majungasaurus (from Madagascar), and Rajasaurus (from India). The subfamily was first proposed by American paleontologist Paul Sereno in 1998.
[edit] References
Sereno, P.C. (1998). "A rationale for phylogenetic definitions, with application to the higher-level taxonomy of Dinosauria". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 210 1: 41-83.
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