Abelisaurus
"Abel's lizard"
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CLASSIFICATION

Abelisaurus Bonaparte & Novas, 1985
    TYPE SPECIES:
  • A. comahuensis Bonaparte & Novas, 1985 "Abel's lizard from the Comahue Formation"
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Theropoda
Neoceratosauria

see also: Genus Index, Classification


MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: ?6.5 m MASS: ?1.5 tonnes

see also: World Records


TIME

early Maastrichtian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic


PLACE

Argentina

see also: Paleo-Maps


REMAINS

see also: Anatomy


ESSAY

Known only from a partial skull, 80cm long.


IMAGES

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BRIAN CHOO

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[THUMBNAIL] the head of South American predator Abelisaurus comahuensis

TODD MARSHALL

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[THUMBNAIL] An Abelisaurus comahuensis prowls the primeval forest.

see also: Art Gallery


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