Reptilia - Saurischia

PaleoDB taxon number: 54528

Synonym: Abelisauria Novas 1992 (taxon 53947)

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1991. The Gondwanian theropod families Abelisauridae and Noasauridae. Historical Biology 5(1):1-25

Parent taxon: Ceratosauria according to F. A. Gianechini et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Berberosaurus, Betasuchus, Ceratosauridae, Ceratosauroidea, Ceratosaurus, Deltadromeus, Dolichosuchus, Elaphrosaurus, Genyodectes, Limusaurus, Megalosaurus meriani, Neoceratosauria, Orthogoniosaurus, Pterospondylus, Saltriovenator, Spinostropheus, Velocipes

Subtaxa: Abelisauridae, Eoabelisaurus, Noasauridae, Samanadrinda, Vitakridrinda

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore