Pronunciation: ah-BEL-ee-SOR-uh-day
Author: Jose Bonaparte and Fernando Novas
Year: 1985
Meaning: Abel's lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Sereno, 2005]Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Carnotaurus sastrei but not Noasaurus leali, Coelophysis bauri, Passer domesticus (house sparrow).
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Etymology
Abelisauridae is derived from "abel" (for Roberto Abel, after whom Abelisaurus was named), the Greek "sauros" (lizard), and the Latin "-idae" (family).
Relationships
References
• Bonaparte JF and Novas FE (1985) "Abelisaurus Comahuensis from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia". 
Ameghiniana, 21 (2-4): 259-265
• Novas FE (2009) "The Age of Dinosaurs in South America".
• Canale JI, Scanferla CA, Agnolin F and Novas FE (2009) "New carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of NW Patagonia and the evolution of abelisaurids". Naturwissenschaften, 96(3): 409-414.
• Tykoski RB and Rowe T (2004) "Ceratosauria". Page 47–70 in Weishampel, Dodson and Osmólska (eds.) "The Dinosauria: Second Edition".
• Aureliano T, Ghilardi AM, Fonseca PHM, Martinelli AG and Marinho TA (2024) "The evolution and diversification of growth strategies in abelisauroid theropods". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: e2298395.
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2023.2298395.
• Pereyra EES, Ezcurra MD, Paschetta C and Méndez AH (2025) "Building a predator: macroevolutionary patterns in the skull of abelisaurid dinosaurs". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292(2058): 20250943.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2025.0943.
• Pereyra EES (2025) "Orbit Shape Evolution in Abelisauridae: Macroevolutionary Trends and Functional Implications". Cretaceous Research: 106272.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106272.
Ameghiniana, 21 (2-4): 259-265
• Novas FE (2009) "The Age of Dinosaurs in South America".
• Canale JI, Scanferla CA, Agnolin F and Novas FE (2009) "New carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of NW Patagonia and the evolution of abelisaurids". Naturwissenschaften, 96(3): 409-414.
• Tykoski RB and Rowe T (2004) "Ceratosauria". Page 47–70 in Weishampel, Dodson and Osmólska (eds.) "The Dinosauria: Second Edition".
• Aureliano T, Ghilardi AM, Fonseca PHM, Martinelli AG and Marinho TA (2024) "The evolution and diversification of growth strategies in abelisauroid theropods". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: e2298395.
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2023.2298395.
• Pereyra EES, Ezcurra MD, Paschetta C and Méndez AH (2025) "Building a predator: macroevolutionary patterns in the skull of abelisaurid dinosaurs". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292(2058): 20250943.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2025.0943.
• Pereyra EES (2025) "Orbit Shape Evolution in Abelisauridae: Macroevolutionary Trends and Functional Implications". Cretaceous Research: 106272.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106272.
