Abelisaurus | |
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Reconstruction of the Abelisaurus skull with original bones of the holotype. Scale = 10 cm | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Abelisauridae |
Clade: | †Furileusauria |
Tribe: | †Carnotaurini |
Genus: | †Abelisaurus Bonaparte & Novas, 1985 |
Type species | |
†Abelisaurus comahuensis | |
Synonyms | |
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Abelisaurus (/əˌbɛlɪˈsɔːrəs/; "Abel's lizard") is a genus of predatory abelisaurid theropod dinosaur alive during the Late Cretaceous Period (Campanian) of what is now South America. It was a bipedal carnivore that probably reached about 7.4 metres (24 ft 3 in) in length, although this is uncertain as it is known from only one partial skull.