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Abelisauroidea

Bonaparte 1991

Les abélisaures, également connu sous le nom d'Abelisauria ou Abelisauroidea, forment un groupe de dinosaures saurischiens au sein des Neotheropoda. On compte parmi eux des genres tels Abelisaurus, Carnotaurus et Majungasaurus.

Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
42
Groupe
Dinosaures
Carnivore Vivant au sol, solitaire Terrestre
Abelisauroidea
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PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
Theropoda Clade non classé
Neotheropoda Clade non classé
Averostra Clade non classé
Ceratosauria Sous-ordre
Abelisauroidea Superfamille
Sites de découverte 42 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇵🇰 Pakistan
12
🇦🇷 Argentine
10
🇧🇷 Brésil
6
🇮🇳 Inde
5
🇲🇦 Maroc
4
🇹🇿 Tanzanie
2
🇺🇸 États-Unis
1
🇱🇾 Libye
1
🇪🇬 Égypte
1
Formations géologiques
Vitakri
11
Lameta
5
Bajada Colorada
2
Huincul
2
Samanasuk
1
Sousa
1
Cabao
1
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien (72.2–66 Ma)
18
Campanien (83.6–72.2 Ma)
6
Turonien (93.9–89.8 Ma)
3
Cénomanien (100.5–93.9 Ma)
6
Aptien (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Hauterivien (132.6–125.77 Ma)
1
Valanginien (137.05–132.6 Ma)
3
Tithonien (149.2–143.1 Ma)
2
Kimméridgien (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Bathonien (168.2–165.3 Ma)
1
Synonymes (4)
Abelisauria subjective synonym of Abelisauroidea
Ornithomimoides nomen dubium Abelisauroidea
Ornithomimoides barasimlensis nomen dubium, species not entered Abelisauroidea
Ornithomimoides mobilis nomen dubium, species not entered Abelisauroidea
Bibliographie
Description originale
J. F. Bonaparte. 1991. The Gondwanian theropod families Abelisauridae and Noasauridae. Historical Biology 5(1):1-25 DOI ↗
Bibliographie (30)
M. T. Carrano. 2025. Taxonomic opinions on the Dinosauria.
G. Leonardi and I. d. S. Carvalho. 2021. Dinosaur Tracks from Brazil: A Lost World of Gondwana DOI ↗
A. Paulina-Carabajal, F. T. Barrios, and A. H. Méndez, I. A. Cerda, Y.-N. Lee. 2021. A Late Cretaceous dinosaur and crocodyliform faunal association–based on isolate teeth and osteoderms–at Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian) type locality, Santa Cruz, Argentina. PLoS ONE 16(9):e0256233 DOI ↗
J. R. Foster, D. C. Pagnac, and R. K. Hunt-Foster. 2020. An unusually diverse northern biota from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Black Hills, Wyoming. Geology of the Intermountain West 7:29-67 DOI ↗
M. S. Malkani. 2020. Pakisaurus balochistani (Poripuchia, slender Titanosauria, Sauropoda) associated skeletons found from the latest Maastrichtian Vitakri Formation of Pakistan and referred fossils from India; filling of important missing links of Isisaurus colberti titanosaur found from Pakistan. Open Journal of Geology 10(4):408-447 DOI ↗
M. S. Malkani. 2019. Vitakrisaurus saraiki theropod from South Asia. Open Journal of Geology 9:643-645 DOI ↗
S. Zitouni, C. Laurent, and G. Dyke, N.-E. Jalil. 2019. An abelisaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) ilium from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Kem Kem beds, Morocco. PLoS One 14(4):e0214055:1-7 DOI ↗
G. A. Casal, L. M. Ibiricu, and R. D. Martinez, M. Luna, B. N. Alvarez, X. Castano. 2018. Nuevos hallazgos de vertebrados fosiles en la formacion Lago Colhue Huapi (Cretacico Superior), Grupo Chubut, Patagonia Argentina. Libro de Resumenes de las VI Jornadas de las Ciencias de la Tierra Dr. E. Mysacchio
J. I. Canale, S. Apesteguía, and P. A. Gallina, F. A. Gianechini, A. Haluza. 2017. The oldest theropods from the Neuquén Basin: predatory dinosaur diversity from the Bajada Colorada Formation (Lower Cretaceous: Berriasian–Valanginian), Neuquén, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 71:63-78 DOI ↗
Y. M. Alves, L. P. Bergqvist, and P. M. Brito. 2016. New occurrences of microvertebrate fossil accumulations in Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous of western São Paulo state, Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 69:80-90 DOI ↗
M. J. Motta, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, and S. Rozadilla, F. L. Agnolin, N. R. Chimento, F. Brissón Egli, F. E. Novas. 2016. New theropod fauna from the Upper Cretaceous (Huincul Formation) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Period: Biotic Diversity and Biogeography. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 71:231-253
P. A. Gallina, S. Apesteguia, and A. Haluza, J. I. Canale. 2014. A diplodocid sauropod survivor from the Early Cretaceous of South America. PLoS One 9(5):e97128 DOI ↗
E. B. Machado, D. d. A. Campos, and J. O. Calvo, A. W. A. Kellner. 2013. A new abelisauroid from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas 30(2):446-452
B. McFeeters. 2013. Bone "Taxon" B: reevaluation of a supposed small theropod dinosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Morocco. Kirtlandia 58:38-41
R. D. Juárez Valieri, J. D. Porfiri, and J. O. Calvo. 2011. New Information on Ekrixinatosaurus novasi Calvo et al 2004, a giant and massively-constructed abelisauroid from the “middle Cretaceous” of Patagonia. Dinosaurios y Paleontología desde América Latina. Anales del III Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología. Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Neuquén
M. S. Malkani. 2010. Updated stratigraphy and mineral potential of Sulaiman Basin, Pakistan. Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series) 42(2):39-66
M. S. Malkani. 2010. Vitakridrinda (Vitakrisauridae, Theropoda) from the latest Cretaceous of Pakistan. Journal of Earth Science 21(Special):204-212
J. B. Smith, M. C. Lamanna, and A. S. Askar, K. A. Bergig, S. O. Tshakreen, M. M. Abugares, D. T. Rasmussen. 2010. A large abelisauroid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Libya. Journal of Paleontology 84(5):927-934 DOI ↗
M. S. Malkani. 2009. New Balochisaurus (Balochisauridae, Titanosauria, Sauropoda) and Vitakridrinda (Theropoda) remains From Pakistan. Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series) 41(2):65-92
L. Salgado, J. I. Canudo, and A. C. Garrido, J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, R. A. Coria, M. S. de la Fuente, J. L. Barco, R. Bollati. 2009. Upper Cretaceous vertebrates from El Anfiteatro area, Río Negro, Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 30(3):767-784 DOI ↗
M. T. Carrano and S. D. Sampson. 2008. The phylogeny of Ceratosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(2):183-236 DOI ↗
F. E. Novas, I. d. S. Carvalho, and L. C. B. Ribeiro, A. H. Méndez. 2008. First abelisaurid bone remains from the Maastrichtian Marília Formation, Bauru Basin, Brazil. Cretaceous Research 29(4):625-635 DOI ↗
M. S. Malkani. 2007. Trackways evidence of a sauropod dinosaurs confronted by a theropod found from Middle Jurassic Samana Suk Limestone of Pakistan. Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series) 39(1):1-14
M. S. Malkani. 2006. Biodiversity of saurischian dinosaurs from the latest Cretaceous Park of Pakistan. Journal of Applied and Emerging Sciences 1(3):108-140
F. E. Novas, M. D. Ezcurra, and F. L. Agnolín. 2006. Humerus of a basal abelisauroid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 8(1):63-68 DOI ↗
F. E. Novas, F. M. Dalla Vecchia, and D. F. Pais. 2005. Theropod pedal unguals from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Morocco, Africa. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 7(2):167-175 DOI ↗
O. W. M. Rauhut. 2005. Post-cranial remains of 'coelurosaurs' (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Tanzania. Geological Magazine 142(1):97-107 DOI ↗
O. W. M. Rauhut, G. Cladera, and P. Vickers-Rich, T. H. Rich. 2003. Dinosaur remains from the Lower Cretaceous of the Chubut Group, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 24:487-497 DOI ↗
M. T. Carrano, S. D. Sampson, and C. A. Forster. 2002. The osteology of <i>Masiakasaurus knopfleri</i>, a small abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):510-534 DOI ↗
F. v. Huene and C. A. Matley. 1933. The Cretaceous Saurischia and Ornithischia of the Central Provinces of India. Palaeontologica Indica (New Series), Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 21(1):1-74