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Abelisauridae
Taxonomy
Abelisauridae was named by Bonaparte and Novas (1985).
It was assigned to Carnosauria by Bonaparte (1985), Bonaparte and Novas (1985) and Kurzanov (1989); to Carnosauria by Currie and Zhao (1994); to Neoceratosauria by Novas (1991), Holtz (1995) and Holtz (1998); to Ceratosauroidea by Bonaparte et al. (1990), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Sampson et al. (1998) and Sereno (1999); to Ceratosauria by Wilson et al. (2003); to Abelisauria by Novas (1992), Novas (1992), Novas (1997) and Tykoski and Rowe (2004); to Theropoda by Molnar (1992) and Bittencourt and Langer (2011); to Etrigansauria by Delcourt (2018); to Ceratosauria by Currie (1997), Le Loeuff (1998), Ruiz et al. (2011), Longrich et al. (2017) and Méndez et al. (2022); and to Abelisauroidea by Bonaparte (1991), Holtz (1994), Rowe et al. (1997), Holtz (2000), Coria and Salgado (2000), Lamanna et al. (2002), Carrano et al. (2002), Coria et al. (2002), Rauhut (2003), Sereno et al. (2004), Novas et al. (2004), Carrano et al. (2004), Yates (2005), Candeiro and Martinelli (2005), Novas et al. (2006), Coria et al. (2006), Sampson and Witmer (2007), Krause et al. (2007), Carrano and Sampson (2008), Ezcurra et al. (2010), Agnolin and Chiarelli (2010), Novas et al. (2013), Furtado et al. (2013), Tortosa et al. (2014), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Gasparini et al. (2015), Gianechini et al. (2015), Zaher et al. (2020), Delcourt and Iori (2020), Baiano et al. (2021), Giaretta et al. (2023) and Agnolín et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Carnosauria by Bonaparte (1985), Bonaparte and Novas (1985) and Kurzanov (1989); to Carnosauria by Currie and Zhao (1994); to Neoceratosauria by Novas (1991), Holtz (1995) and Holtz (1998); to Ceratosauroidea by Bonaparte et al. (1990), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Sampson et al. (1998) and Sereno (1999); to Ceratosauria by Wilson et al. (2003); to Abelisauria by Novas (1992), Novas (1992), Novas (1997) and Tykoski and Rowe (2004); to Theropoda by Molnar (1992) and Bittencourt and Langer (2011); to Etrigansauria by Delcourt (2018); to Ceratosauria by Currie (1997), Le Loeuff (1998), Ruiz et al. (2011), Longrich et al. (2017) and Méndez et al. (2022); and to Abelisauroidea by Bonaparte (1991), Holtz (1994), Rowe et al. (1997), Holtz (2000), Coria and Salgado (2000), Lamanna et al. (2002), Carrano et al. (2002), Coria et al. (2002), Rauhut (2003), Sereno et al. (2004), Novas et al. (2004), Carrano et al. (2004), Yates (2005), Candeiro and Martinelli (2005), Novas et al. (2006), Coria et al. (2006), Sampson and Witmer (2007), Krause et al. (2007), Carrano and Sampson (2008), Ezcurra et al. (2010), Agnolin and Chiarelli (2010), Novas et al. (2013), Furtado et al. (2013), Tortosa et al. (2014), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Gasparini et al. (2015), Gianechini et al. (2015), Zaher et al. (2020), Delcourt and Iori (2020), Baiano et al. (2021), Giaretta et al. (2023) and Agnolín et al. (2023).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1933 | Coeluroides Huene p. 61 |
1933 | Coeluroides largus Huene p. 61 fig. 21 |
1933 | Dryptosauroides Huene p. 62 |
1933 | Dryptosauroides grandis Huene p. 62 fig. 22 |
1933 | Ornithomimoides Huene p. 64 |
1933 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Huene p. 64 fig. 20 |
1933 | Ornithomimoides Huene p. 645 figs. 2-21 |
1939 | Dryptosauroides Kuhn p. 47 |
1939 | Dryptosauroides grandis Kuhn p. 47 |
1939 | Coeluroides Kuhn p. 48 |
1939 | Coeluroides largus Kuhn p. 48 |
1939 | Ornithomimoides Kuhn p. 56 |
1939 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Kuhn p. 56 |
1956 | Coeluroides Romer p. 612 |
1956 | Ornithomimoides Romer p. 613 |
1956 | Dryptosauroides Romer p. 615 |
1957 | Coeluroides largus Lapparent p. 111 |
1957 | Dryptosauroides grandis Lapparent p. 111 |
1957 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Lapparent p. 111 |
1958 | Coeluroides Huene p. 205 |
1958 | Dryptosauroides Huene p. 205 |
1958 | Ornithomimoides Huene p. 205 |
1964 | Coeluroides Tatarinov p. 533 |
1964 | Ornithomimoides Tatarinov p. 535 |
1964 | Dryptosauroides Tatarinov p. 537 |
1966 | Coeluroides Romer p. 369 |
1966 | Dryptosauroides Romer p. 369 |
1966 | Ornithomimoides Romer p. 369 |
1970 | Coeluroides Steel p. 15 |
1970 | Coeluroides largus Steel p. 15 |
1970 | Ornithomimoides Steel p. 19 |
1970 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Steel p. 19 |
1970 | Dryptosauroides Steel p. 31 |
1970 | Dryptosauroides grandis Steel p. 31 |
1974 | Megalosaurus chubutensis del Corro |
1978 | Megalosaurus chubutensis Bonaparte p. 551 |
1980 | Coeluroides Molnar p. 139 |
1980 | Dryptosauroides Molnar p. 139 |
1980 | Ornithomimoides Molnar p. 139 |
1984 | Coeluroides largus Welles p. 162 |
1985 | Abelisauridae Bonaparte p. 149 |
1985 | Abelisauridae Bonaparte and Novas p. 260 |
1988 | Coeluroides Carroll |
1988 | Dryptosauroides Carroll |
1988 | Ornithomimoides Carroll |
1988 | Coeluroides largus Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 416 |
1988 | Dryptosauroides grandis Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 416 |
1988 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 416 |
1989 | Coeluroides largus Jain p. 100 |
1989 | Dryptosauroides grandis Jain p. 100 |
1989 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Jain p. 100 |
1989 | Abelisauridae Kurzanov p. 3 |
1989 | Ornithomimoides Kurzanov p. 4 |
1990 | Abelisauridae Bonaparte et al. pp. 2-3 |
1991 | Abelisauridae Bonaparte p. 22 |
1991 | Abelisauridae Novas p. 401 |
1992 | Abelisauridae Molnar p. 265 |
1992 | Abelisauridae Novas |
1994 | Abelisauridae Currie and Zhao p. 2079 |
1994 | Abelisauridae Holtz |
1995 | Abelisauridae Holtz, Jr. p. 35A |
1996 | Coeluroides largus Kohring et al. p. 51 |
1996 | Dryptosauroides grandis Kohring et al. p. 51 |
1996 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Kohring et al. p. 51 |
1996 | Coeluroides largus Loyal et al. p. 629 |
1996 | Dryptosauroides grandis Loyal et al. p. 629 |
1996 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Loyal et al. p. 629 |
1997 | Abelisauridae Currie p. 732 |
1997 | Abelisauridae Novas p. 1 |
1997 | Abelisauridae Rowe et al. p. 108–109 |
1997 | Abelisauridae Sereno p. 455 |
1998 | Abelisauridae Holtz, Jr. p. 39 |
1998 | Abelisauridae Le Loeuff p. 53 |
1998 | Abelisauridae Sampson et al. p. 1050 fig. 3 |
1998 | Abelisauridae Sereno p. 64 |
1999 | Abelisauridae Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2 |
2000 | Abelisauridae Coria and Salgado |
2000 | Abelisauridae Holtz, Jr. p. 16 |
2001 | Coeluroides largus Mohabey p. 484 |
2001 | Dryptosauroides grandis Mohabey p. 484 |
2001 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Mohabey p. 484 |
2002 | Abelisauridae Carrano et al. |
2002 | Abelisauridae Coria et al. |
2002 | Abelisauridae Lamanna et al. p. 63 |
2003 | Abelisauridae Rauhut p. 142 |
2003 | Abelisauridae Wilson et al. |
2004 | Abelisauridae Carrano et al. p. 44A |
2004 | Abelisauridae Novas et al. p. 80 |
2004 | Coeluroides Novas et al. p. 83 |
2004 | Coeluroides largus Novas et al. p. 83 |
2004 | Abelisauridae Sereno et al. p. 1326 fig. 4 |
2004 | Abelisauridae Tykoski and Rowe p. 65 fig. 3.12 |
2005 | Abelisauridae Candeiro and Martinelli p. 9 |
2005 | Abelisauridae Yates p. 118 fig. 9 |
2006 | Abelisauridae Coria et al. p. 1288 fig. 6 |
2006 | Abelisauridae Novas et al. p. 63 |
2007 | Abelisauridae Krause et al. p. 2 |
2007 | Abelisauridae Sampson and Witmer p. 38 |
2008 | Abelisauridae Carrano and Sampson pp. 199-200 fig. 4 |
2010 | Abelisauridae Agnolin and Chiarelli p. 294 |
2010 | Abelisauridae Ezcurra et al. p. 14 fig. 8 |
2011 | Abelisauridae Bittencourt and Langer p. 35 |
2011 | Abelisauridae Ruiz et al. p. 1271 |
2013 | Abelisauridae Furtado et al. p. 109 |
2013 | Abelisauridae Novas et al. p. 176 |
2014 | Abelisauridae Hendrickx and Mateus |
2014 | Abelisauridae Tortosa et al. p. 70 |
2015 | Abelisauridae Gasparini et al. |
2015 | Abelisauridae Gianechini et al. |
2017 | Abelisauridae Longrich et al. |
2018 | Abelisauridae Delcourt p. 3 |
2020 | Abelisauridae Delcourt and Iori |
2020 | Abelisauridae Zaher et al. |
2021 | Abelisauridae Baiano et al. |
2022 | Abelisauridae Méndez et al. p. 2 |
2023 | Abelisauridae Agnolín et al. |
2023 | Abelisauridae Giaretta et al. |
2023 | Coeluroides Khosla and Lucas p. 718 |
2023 | Coeluroides largus Khosla and Lucas p. 718 |
2023 | Dryptosauroides Khosla and Lucas p. 718 |
2023 | Dryptosauroides grandis Khosla and Lucas p. 718 |
2023 | Ornithomimoides Khosla and Lucas p. 718 |
2023 | Ornithomimoides mobilis Khosla and Lucas p. 718 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Abelisauridae Bonaparte and Novas 1985
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Unr. †Brachyrostra Canale et al. 2008
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G. †Skorpiovenator Canale et al. 2008 [scorpion hunter]
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†Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Canale et al. 2008
Invalid names: Carnotaurini Coria et al. 2002 [empty]
Subfm. †Carnotaurinae Sereno 1998
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Tr. †Majungasaurini Tortosa et al. 2014
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G. †Majungasaurus Lavocat 1955
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†Majungasaurus crenatissimus Depéret 1896
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Invalid names: Majungatholus atopus Sues and Taquet 1979 [synonym]
Invalid names: Majungatholus Sues and Taquet 1979 [synonym]
G. †Tarascosaurus Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1991
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†Tarascosaurus salluvicus Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1991
Invalid names: Coeluroides Huene 1933 [nomen dubium], Dryptosauroides Huene 1933 [nomen dubium], Megalosaurus chubutensis del Corro 1974 [nomen dubium], Ornithomimoides Huene 1933 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 155.70000 to 66.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 152.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 152.1 Ma
Collections (141 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian | Argentina (Chubut) | Abelisauridae indet. (221058 221059) | |
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Portugal (Lisboa) | Abelisauridae indet. (154211) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Tanzania (Lindi) | Theropoda indet. (206059) | |
Tithonian | Tanzania (Lindi) | Abelisauridae indet. (47159) | |
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Abelisauridae indet. (156241) | |
Hauterivian - Barremian | Libya | Theropoda indet. (61465) | |
Barremian - Aptian | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Abelisauridae indet. (232335) Abelisauroidea indet. (104872) | |
Aptian - Albian | Niger (Agadez) | Kryptops palaios (81086) | |
Albian | Niger (Agadez) | Abelisauridae indet. (228823 228824) | |
Albian - Cenomanian | Brazil (Ceará) | Abelisauridae indet. (207779 224256) | |
Middle Albian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur) | Genusaurus sisteronis (70458) | |
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | Abelisauridae indet., Majungasaurus sp. (52887) | |
Cenomanian | Argentina (Chubut) | Megalosaurus chubutensis (90788) | |
Cenomanian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Abelisauridae indet. (179480) | |
Cenomanian | Brazil (Maranhão) | Abelisauridae indet. (67225) | |
Cenomanian | Morocco (Meknès-Tafilalet) | Abelisauridae indet. (169943) | |
Late/Upper Cretaceous | Brazil (Mato Grosso) | Abelisauridae indet. (32335) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Abelisauroidea indet. (80179) Tetanurae indet. (49409) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | Abelisauridae indet. (123828 141307 223883) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Niger (Agadez) | Abelisauridae indet. (58577) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt (Giza) | Abelisauridae indet. (226126) | |
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (132494) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian | Chile (Coquimbo) | Abelisauridae indet. (232265) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Brachyrostra indet., Skorpiovenator bustingorryi (85501) Ilokelesia aguadagrandensis (28458) Tyrannosauroidea indet. (85571) | |
Middle Cenomanian - Turonian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Abelisauridae indet. (49416) | |
Middle Cenomanian - Turonian | Argentina (Chubut) | Abelisauridae indet. (152253) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Argentina (Chubut) | Abelisauria indet. (49099) Theropoda indet. (38952) | |
Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Abelisauridae indet., Tralkasaurus cuyi (180530) | |
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Turonian | Argentina (Chubut) | Abelisauridae indet. (115564) | |
Turonian | Madagascar (Antsiranana) | Dahalokely tokana (143113) | |
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (61237) | |
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Abelisauridae indet. (49098) Theropoda indet. (49097) | |
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Abelisauridae indet. 1, Abelisauridae indet. 2, Abelisauridae indet. (49415) | |
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian | Argentina ( Neuquén) | Elemgasem nubilus (230241) | |
Coniacian - Santonian | Tajikistan (Asht) | Coeluroides sp. (53132) | |
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (88181) | |
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Theropoda indet. (55445) | |
Santonian | Hungary (Veszprém) | Abelisauridae indet. (48722) | |
Santonian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Abelisauridae indet., Brachyrostra indet. (147178) Abelisauridae indet., Carnotaurinae indet., Brachyrostra indet., Furileusauria indet., Viavenator exxoni, Abelisauridae indet. (176562) | |
Santonian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Abelisauridae indet. (45407) Carnotaurinae indet. (84309) | |
Santonian - Maastrichtian | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Abelisauridae indet. (225333) | |
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Abelisauridae indet. (96196) | |
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Abelisauridae indet. (232670) | |
Campanian | Argentina (La Rioja) | Abelisauridae indet. (175795) | |
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Saudi Arabia (Tabuk) | Abelisauridae indet. (116314) | |
Campanian - Maastrichtian | Argentina (La Rioja) | Abelisauridae indet. (215007 215008) | |
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Abelisauridae indet. (164849) Abelisaurus comahuensis (32339) | |
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Tarascosaurus salluvicus (28456) | |
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Abelisauridae indet. (90139) | |
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Abelisauridae indet. (28461) Theropoda indet. (61458) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | Spain (Castilla y Leon) | Abelisauridae indet., Arcovenator sp., Tarascosaurus sp. (28406) Arcovenator sp. (48861) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Abelisauridae indet. (28454 89990) Neoceratosauria indet. (220134) | |
Middle Campanian | Egypt | Theropoda indet. (218462) | |
Middle Campanian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Neoceratosauria indet. (48849) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Abelisauridae indet. (61580) Abelisauridae indet., Carcharodontosauridae indet. (61578) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Egypt (Al Bahr Al Ahmar) | Megalosaurus crenatissimus (60607 60608) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon) | Abelisauridae indet. (59887) Theropoda indet. (48870) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Abelisauridae indet. (49557 190127) Niebla antiqua (222575) Theropoda indet. (28459) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Abelisauridae indet. (57000 67540 226997) Abelisauridae indet. 3, Abelisauridae indet., Carcharodontosauridae indet. (57003) Abelisauridae indet. 4, Abelisauridae indet. 7, Abelisauridae indet., Spinosauridae indet. (56997) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Abelisauridae indet. (234171) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Egypt (Aswan) | Megalosaurus crenatissimus (60599) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Valencia) | Arcovenator sp. (53918) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Salta) | Guemesia ochoai (226523) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian | Brazil (Mato Grosso) | Theropoda indet. (59367) | |
Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | Abelisauridae indet. (224257 231770) Carnotaurus sastrei (25534) | |
Maastrichtian | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Abelisauridae indet. (64133 80824 82786) | |
Maastrichtian | Colombia (Tolima) | Carnosauria indet. (95168) | |
Maastrichtian | Madagascar (Mahajanga) | Abelisauridae indet. (88176) Abelisauridae indet., Majungatholus atopus (71399) Majungasaurus crenatissimus (32366 55268 55270 55271 70075 84840 84841 84842 84843 84844 84845 84846 84847 84848 85063 91206 144728 206553) Majungatholus atopus (25074 39265 48389) Megalosaurus crenatissimus (59692) Megalosaurus sp. (51252) Theropoda indet. (102481) | |
Maastrichtian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Abelisauridae indet. (51692) | |
Maastrichtian | Brazil (Mato Grosso) | Abelisauridae indet. 1, Abelisauridae indet. 2, Abelisauridae indet. 3, Abelisauridae indet. 6 (233531) Abelisauridae indet. 2, Abelisauridae indet. 3, Abelisauridae indet. 6 (233530) | |
Maastrichtian | India (Gujarat) | Indosuchus sp. (95807) Majungasaurus crenatissimus, Megalosaurus sp. B, Megalosaurus sp. C, Megalosaurus sp. D (38041) Rajasaurus narmadensis (34725) | |
Maastrichtian | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Indosuchus raptorius, Indosaurus matleyi, Coeluroides largus, Dryptosauroides grandis, Ornithomimoides mobilis, Allosauridae indet., Megalosaurus sp. (26373) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Morocco | Abelisauridae indet. (99159) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Abelisauridae indet. (51628) Theropoda indet. (32346) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Morocco (Beni Mellal) | Abelisauridae indet. (214842) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Bolivia (Cochabamba) | Coelurosauria indet. (12855) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Abelisauridae indet. (156131) Abelisauridae indet. 1, Abelisauridae indet. 2, Abelisauridae indet. 3 (83263) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India (Tamil Nadu) | Abelisauridae indet. (153666) |