Classification
Dinosauria
Clade non classé
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Theropoda
Clade non classé
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Neotheropoda
Clade non classé
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Averostra
Clade non classé
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Ceratosauria
Sous-ordre
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Abelisauridae
Famille
Sites de découverte 213 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien
(72.2–66 Ma)
76
Campanien
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
66
Santonien
(85.7–83.6 Ma)
11
Coniacien
(89.8–85.7 Ma)
3
Turonien
(93.9–89.8 Ma)
8
Cénomanien
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
30
Albien
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
6
Aptien
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Hauterivien
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
1
Valanginien
(137.05–132.6 Ma)
1
Tithonien
(149.2–143.1 Ma)
4
Oxfordian
(161.5–154.8 Ma)
2
Bathonien
(168.2–165.3 Ma)
2
Toarcien
(184.2–174.7 Ma)
1
Synonymes (7)
Coeluroides
nomen dubium Abelisauridae
Coeluroides largus
nomen dubium, species not entered Abelisauridae
Compsosuchus
nomen dubium Abelisauridae
Compsosuchus solus
nomen dubium, species not entered Abelisauridae
Dryptosauroides
nomen dubium Abelisauridae
Dryptosauroides grandis
nomen dubium, species not entered Abelisauridae
Megalosaurus chubutensis
nomen dubium, species not entered Abelisauridae
Bibliographie
Description originale
J. F. Bonaparte and F. E. Novas. 1985. Abelisaurus comahuensis, n.g., n.sp., Carnosauria del Crétacico Tardio de Patagonia [Abelisaurus comahuensis, n.gen., n.sp., Carnosauria from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia]. Ameghiniana 21(2-4):259-265
Bibliographie (125)
F. Agnolin, M. Motta, and J. García Marsá, M. Aranciaga Rolando, G. Alvarez Herrera, N. Chimento, S. Rozadilla, F. Brizzon-Egli, M. Cerroni, K. Panzeri, S. Bogan, S. Casadio, J. Sterli, S. Miquel, S. Martínez, L. Perez, D. Pol, F. Novas. 2025. New fossiliferous locality from the Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) from northern Patagonia, with the description of a new titanosaur. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 26(2):217-259
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E. Isasmendi and E. Malafaia. 2025. New contributions to the knowledge of Abelisauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Ibero-Armorican landmass. Ameghiniana 62(6):452-479
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H. Jiménez Velandia, M. D. Ezcurra, and M. E. Hechenleitner, G. Basilici, A. G. Martinelli, L. E. Fiorelli. 2025. A new late Cretaceous abelisaurid species from La Rioja Province, Northwestern Argentina. Ameghiniana 62(5):1-23
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E. Malafaia, F. Escaso, and R. A. Coria, A. Pérez-García, F. Ortega. 2025. Theropod teeth from the Upper Cretaceous of central Spain: Assessing the paleobiogeographic history of European abelisaurids. Cretaceous Research 168(78):106072
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F. L. Agnolín, G. Álvarez Herrera, and M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. Motta, S. Rozadilla, L. Verdiquio, J. S. D.'Angelo, D. Moyano-Paz, A. N. Varela, J. Sterli, S. Bogan, S. Miner, A. M. Rodríguez, G. Munoz, M. P. Isasi , F. E. Novas. 2024. Fossil vertebrates from the Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 154:105735:1-33
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E. Buffetaut, H. Tong, and J. Girard, B. Hoyez, J. Párraga. 2024. Caletodraco cottardi: A New Furileusaurian Abelisaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian Chalk of Normandy (North-Western France). Fossil Studies 2(3):177-195
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C. R. A. Candeiro, T. B. Ribeiro, and T. A. de Paula, P. V. L. G. da Costa Pereira, L. Vidal, L. M. Gil, T. Dias, B. Gonzalez-Riga, S. L. Brusatte, A. P. Carabajal. 2024. Isolated theropod teeth from the Upper Cretaceous of Goias State (Brazil): northernmost occurrence of Abelisauridae from the Bauru Basin. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 146(78):105075
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R. Delcourt, N. S. Brilhante, and R. A. Pires-Domingues, C. Hendrickx, O. N. Grillo, B. G. Augusta, B. S. Maciel, A. M. Ghilardi, F. Ricardi-Branco. 2024. Biogeography of theropod dinosaurs during the Late Cretaceous: evidence from central South America. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
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D. Pol, M. A. Baiano, and D. Cerný, F. E. Novas, I. A. Cerda, M. Pittman. 2024. A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the end Cretaceous of Patagonia and evolutionary rates among the Ceratosauria. Cladistics 40(3):307–356
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T. B. Ribeiro, A. S. Albuquerque, and T. Bragança, P. V. L. G. C. Pereira. 2024. A lost tooth in the jungle: revisiting the sole dinosaurian record from northern Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 96(suppl 1)
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J. Amudeo-Plaza, S. Soto-Acuña, and R. Ugalde, P. Martínez, D. Rubilar-Rogers. 2023. Reassessment of theropod material from Pichasca, northern Chile: presence of Abelisauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) from the Quebrada La Totora Beds (Albian–Turonian). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 129
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T. Aureliano, A. M. Ghilardi, and P. H. M. Fonseca, A. G. Martinelli, T. S. Marinho. 2023. The evolution and diversification of growth strategies in abelisauroid theropods. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 43(3):e2298395:1-7
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A. A. Giaretta, S. C. Rodrigues, and P. V. Buck. 2023. A new geographical record of Abelisauridae (Theropoda, Dinosauria) for the Bauru Group (Upper Cretaceous) . Journal of South American Earth Sciences 133(104722)
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M. Juarez, E. M. Hechenleitner, and A. G. Martinelli, S. Rocher, L. E. Fiorelli. 2023. First record of abelisaurid theropods and a peirosaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Cretaceous of Precordillera of La Rioja, NW Argentina. Cretaceous Research 152(105679):1-14
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N. R. Longrich, E. Isasmendi, and X. Pereda-Suberbiola, N.-E. Jalil. 2023. New fossils of Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the upper Maastrichtian of Morocco, North Africa. Cretaceous Research 152:105677
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A. Paulinai-Carabajal, K. Ulloa-Guaiquín, and L. S. Filippi, A. H. Méndez, N. Lee. 2023. First record of an abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) natural endocast, and comments on skull roof ornamentation. Windows into Sauropsid and Synapsid Evolution, Essays in Honor of Prof. Louis L. Jacobs
D. Pol, E. Vlachos, and F. Aspromonte. 2023. The end of the dinosaur era in Patagonia (NatGeo Project).
M. Soto, R. Delcourt, and M. C. Langer, D. Perea. 2023. The first record of Abelisauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) from Uruguay (Late Jurassic, Tacuarembó Formation). Historical Biology 35(12):2362-2371
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M. A. Baiano, D. Pol, and F. Bellardini, G. J. Windholz, I. A. Cerda, A. C. Garrido, R. A. Coria. 2022. Elemgasem nubilus: a new brachyrostran abelisaurid
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M. A. Cerroni, M. A. Baiano, and J. I. Canale, F. L. Agnolín, A. Otero, F. E. Novas. 2022. Appendicular osteology of Skorpiovenator bustingorryi (Theropoda, Abelisauridae) with comments on phylogenetic features of abelisaurids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 20(1):1–32
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R. Delcourt and M. C. Langer. 2022. A small abelisaurid caudal vertebra from the Bauru Basin, Presidente Prudente Formation (Late Cretaceous), Brazil adds information about the diversity and distribution of theropods in central South America. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 116:103879
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F. A. Gianechini, L. S. Filippi, and A. H. Méndez, A. C. Garrido. 2022. A non-furileusaurian caudal vertebra from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Santonian) and morphological variation in the tail of Abelisauridae. Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 22(2):58-70
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E. Isasmendi, A. Torices, and J. I. Canudo, P. J. Currie, X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2022. Upper Cretaceous European theropod palaeobiodiversity, palaeobiogeography and the intra‐Maastrichtian faunal turnover: new contributions from the Iberian fossil site of Laño. Papers in Palaeontology 8(1):e1419:1-38
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A. H. Méndez, F. A. Gianechini, and A. Paulina-Carabajal, L. S. Filippi, R. D. Juárez-Valieri, I. A. Cerda, A. C. Garrido. 2022. New furileusaurian remains from La Invernada (northern Patagonia, Argentina): a site of unusual abelisaurids abundance. Cretaceous Research 129:104989:1-20
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Y. Pochat-Cottilloux, R. Allain, and M. Lasseron. 2022. Microvertebrate fauna from Gadoufaoua (Niger, Aptian, Early Cretaceous). Comptes Rendus Palevol 21(41):901-926
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T. B. Ribeiro, P. V. L.G. da Costa Pereira, and S. L. Brusatte, C. R. dos Anjos Candeiro, L. Paglarelli Bergqvist. 2022. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth: Archosaurian teeth from the Açu Formation (AlbianeCenomanian), Potiguar Basin, Northeast Brazil. Cretaceous Research 129(105005)
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B. S. Salem, M. C. Lamanna, and P. M. O.'Connor, G. M. El-Qot, F. Shaker, W. A. Thabet, S. El-Sayed, H. M. Sallam. 2022. First definitive record of Abelisauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) from the Cretaceous Bahariya Formation, Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt. Royal Society Open Science 9(6):220106:1-12
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F. L. Agnolín, M. A. Cerroni, and A. Scanferla, A. Goswami, A. Paulina-Carabajal, T. Halliday, A. R. Cuff, S. Reuil. 2021. First definitive abelisaurid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Northwestern Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(4):e2202348:1-17
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M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. A. Cerroni, and J. A. Garcia Marsà, F. I. Agnolín, M. J. Motta, S. Rozadilla, F. Brisson Eglí, F. E. Novas. 2021. A new medium-sized abelisaurid (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Allen Formation of Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 105:102915:1-18
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F. V. Iori, H. I. Araújo-Júnior, and S. A. Simionato Tavares, T. da Silva Marinho, A. G. Martinelli. 2021. New theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil improves abelisaurid diversity. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 112(1):103551
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E. Isasmendi, A. Torices, and J. I. Canudo, X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2021. Abelisaurid dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous Laño site (Iberian Peninsula). Ciências da Terra Procedia 1:38-41
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W. G. Joyce, Y. Rollot, and S. W. Evers, T. R. Lyson, L. J. Rahantarisoa, D. W. Krause. 2021. A new pelomedusoid turtle, Sahonachelys mailakavava, from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of specialized suction feeding among pleurodires. Royal Society Open Science 8(5):210098:1-32
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J. G. Meso, R. D. Juárez Valieri, and J. D. Porfiri, S. A. S. Correa, A. G. Martinelli, G. A. Casal, J. I. Canudo, F. Poblete, D. Dos Santos. 2021. Testing the persistence of Carcharodontosauridae (Theropoda) in the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia based on dental evidence. Cretaceous Research 125:104875
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J. G. Meso, C. Hendrickx, and M. A. Baiano, J. I. Canale, L. Salgado, I. Diáz Martínez. 2021. Isolated theropod teeth associated with a sauropod skeleton from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation of Río Negro, Patagonia, Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66
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O. W. M. Rauhut and D. Pol. 2021. New theropod remains from the Late Jurassic Cañadón Calcáreo Formation of Chubut, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 111:103434
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B. S. Salem, P. M. O'Connor, and E. Gorscak, S. El-Sayed, J. J. W. Sertich, E. Seiffert, H. M. Sallam. 2021. Dinosaur remains from the upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of the western desert, Egypt. Cretaceous Research 123:104783
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L. Cavin, E. Buffetaut, and Y. Dutour, G. Garcia, J. Le Loeuff, A. Méchin, P. Méchin, H. Tong, T. Tortosa, E. Turini, X. Valentin. 2020. The last known freshwater coelacanths: new Late Cretaceous mawsoniid remains (Osteichthyes: Actinistia) from southern France. PLoS One 15(6):e0234183:1-19
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M. A. Cerroni, M. J. Motta, and F. L. Agnolín, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, F. Brissón Egli, F. E. Novas. 2020. A new abelisaurid from the Huincul Formation (Cenomanian-Turonian; Upper Cretaceous) of Río Negro province, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 98:102445:1-10
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R. Delcourt and F. V. Iori. 2020. A new Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from São José do Rio Preto Formation, Upper Cretaceous of Brazil and comments on the Bauru Group fauna. Historical Biology 32(7):917-924
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F. A. Gianechini, A. H. Méndez, and L. S. Filippi, A. Paulina-Carabajal, R. D. Juárez-Valieri, A. C. Garrido. 2020. A new furileusaurian abelisaurid from La Invernada (Upper Cretaceous, Santonian, Bajo De La Carpa Formation), northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
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A. Pérez-García, N. Bardet, and M. A. Fregenal-Martínez, M. Martín-Jiménez, P. Mocho, I. Narváez, A. Torices, R. Vullo, F. Ortega. 2020. Cenomanian vertebrates from Algora (central Spain): new data on the establishment of the European Upper Cretaceous continental faunas. Cretaceous Research 115:104566
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H. Zaher, D. Pol, and B. A. Navarro, R. Delcourt, A. B. Carvalho. 2020. An Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur from Brazil sheds light on the cranial evolution of the Abelisauridae. Comptes Rendus Palevol 19(6):101-115
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J. C. d. Carvalho and R. M. Santucci. 2018. New dinosaur remains from the Quiricó Formation, Sanfranciscana Basin (Lower Cretaceous), southwestern Brazil. Cretaceous Research 85:20-27
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R. Delcourt and O. N. Grillo. 2018. Reassessment of a fragmentary maxilla attributed to Carcharodontosauridae from Presidente Prudente Formation, Brazil. Cretaceous Research 84:515-524
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M. A. F. Sales, A. G. Martinelli, and H. Francischini, R. R. Rubert, L. P. Marconato, M. B. Soares, C. L. Schultz. 2018. New dinosaur remains and the tetrapod fauna from the Upper Cretaceous of Mato Grosso State, central Brazil. Historical Biology 30(5):661-676
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M. A. F. Sales, I. A. P. de Oliveira, and C. L. Schultz. 2018. The oldest abelisaurid record from Brazil and the palaeobiogeographic significance of mid-Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages from northern South America. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 508:107-115
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J. I. Canale, S. Apesteguía, and P. A. Gallina, A. Haluza, F. A. GIanechini, L. J. Pazo. 2016. The oldest theropods from the Neuquén Basin: predator dinosaur diversity in the Bajada Colorada Formation (Berriasian-Valanginian), Neuquén, Argentina. XXX Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 53(6 (suppl.)):59-60
A. A. Chiarenza and A. Cau. 2016. A large abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Morocco and comments on the Cenomanian theropods from North Africa. PeerJ 4:e1754:1-24
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L. S. Filippi, F. A. Gianechini, and A. H. Méndez, R. D. Juárez Valieri, A. C. Garrido. 2016. Nuevos cráneos de Furileusauria (Abelisauridae, Brachyrostra) provenientes de La Invernada (Formación Bajo de la Carpa (Cretácico Superior, Santoniano), Neuquén, Argentina [New crania of Furileusauria (Abelisauridae, Brachyrostra) from La Invernada (Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Santonian), Neuquén, Argentina]. XXX Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 53(6 (suppl.)):61-62
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L. E. Fiorelli, J. M. Leardi, and E. M. Hechenleitner, D. Pol, G. Basilici, G. Grellet-Tinner. 2016. A new Late Cretaceous crocodyliform from the western margin of Gondwana (La Rioja Province, Argentina). Cretaceous Research 60:194-209
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J. G. Meso, L. Salgado, and J. Canale. 2016. Dientes de theropoda asociados a un esqueleto de un saurópodo titanosaurio hallado en la Formación Allen (Campaniano–Maastrichtiano) de la provincia de Río Negro, Argentina [Theropod teeth associated with a titanosaur sauropod skeleton in the Allen Formation (Campanian–Maastrichtian) of Río Negro province, Argentina]. Reunión de Comunicaciones Asociación Paleontológica Argentina. Libro de Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 53(4 (suppl.)):33
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G. V. R. Prasad, V. Verma, and P. Grover, R. Priyadarshini, A. Sahni, R. S. Lourembam. 2016. Isolated archosaur teeth from the green sandstone capping the Coralline Limestone (Bagh Group) of the Narmada valley: evidence for the presence of pre-Late to Late Maastrichtian abelisaurids in India. Island Arc 25(6):410-420
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Z. Gasparini, J. Sterli, and A. Parras, J. P. O.'Gorman, L. Salgado, J. Varela, D. Pol. 2015. Late Cretaceous reptilian biota of the La Colonia Formation, central Patagonia, Argentina: occurrences, preservation and paleoenvironments. Cretaceous Research 54:154-168
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J. H. Méndez, L. S. Filippi, and A. C. Garrido. 2015. Nuevos hallazgos de dinosaurios terópodos provenientes del sitio La Invernada (Formación Bajo de la Carpa), Rincón de los Sauces, Neuquén [New discoveries of theropod dinosaurs from the La Invernada site (Bajo de la Carpa Formation), Rincón de los Sauces, Neuquén]. XXIX Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 52(4 (suppl.)):28-29
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S. A. S. Tavares, F. R. Branco, and R. M. Santucci. 2014. Theropod teeth from the Adamantina Formation (Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous), Monte Alto, São Paulo, Brazil. Cretaceous Research 50:59-71
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T. Tortosa, E. Buffetaut, and N. Vialle, Y. Dutour, E. Turini, G. Cheylan. 2014. A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: palaeobiogeographical implications. Annales de Paléontologie 100(1):63-86
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A. A. Farke and J. J. W. Sertich. 2013. An abelisauroid theropod dinosaur from the Turonian of Madagascar. PLoS ONE 8(4):e62047:1-18
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B. P. Kear, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich, M. A. Ali, Y. A. Al-Mufarreh, A. H. Matari, A. M. Al-Massari, A. H. Nasser, Y. Attia, M. A. Halawani. 2013. First dinosaurs from Saudi Arabia. PLoS One 8(12):e84041:1-10
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J. I. Canale and A. Haluza. 2012. Abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) remains from the Candeleros Formation (Cenomanian), Neuquén province, Argentina. Ameghiniana 49(4 (suppl.)):R43
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M. C. Lamanna, R. D. Martínez, and J. B. Smith. 2012. A new abelisaurid (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) skeleton from the Upper Cretaceous Bajo Barreal Formation of Chubut Province, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2012:124
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M. D. Ezcurra. 2009. Theropod remains from the uppermost Cretaceous of Colombia and their implications for the palaeozoogeography of western Gondwana. Cretaceous Research 30:1339-1344
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