Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Full reference: P. C. Sereno. 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
Parent taxon: Abelisauridae according to M. D. Ezcurra et al. 2010
See also Canale et al. 2008, Coria et al. 2002, Delcourt 2018, Juárez Valieri et al. 2004, Juárez Valieri and Fiorelli 2004, Juárez Valieri et al. 2007, Lamanna et al. 2002, Sereno 1998, Sereno et al. 2004 and Tykoski and Rowe 2004
Sister taxa: Brachyrostra, Coeluroides, Dryptosauroides, Indosuchus, Kryptops, Kurupi, Lametasaurus, Megalosaurus chubutensis, Ornithomimoides, Rugops, Spectrovenator, Tarascosaurus, Tralkasaurus, Xenotarsosaurus
Subtaxa: Majungasaurini
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), France (3), India (2), Madagascar (25), Spain (3)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence