Abelisaurus
| Abelisaurus Temporal range: Campanian, | |
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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.