Tag Archive for 'Abelisaur'

An abelisaurid tooth associated with the holotype specimen of Caletodraco cottardi. Image credit: Buffetaut et al., doi: 10.3390/fossils2030009.

New Abelisaurid Dinosaur Species Discovered in France

Aug 27, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have added another species to the Cretaceous-period dinosaur fauna of Europe, and this one was found in Normandy, France. An abelisaurid...

An artist’s reconstruction of Elemgasem nubilus. Image credit: Abel German Montes.

New Abelisaurid Dinosaur Unearthed in Argentina

Sep 6, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur has been described from the fossils found in Patagonia, Argentina. An artist’s reconstruction...

Reconstruction of the paleoecosystem of the Upper Cretaceous Bahariya Formation of the Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt, showing diversity of large-bodied theropod dinosaurs. In the foreground, the unidentified abelisaurid described herein (right) confronts the spinosaurid Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (left center, with the lungfish Retodus tuberculatus in jaws) and the carcharodontosaurid Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (right center) while two individuals of the stomatosuchid crocodyliform Stomatosuchus inermis (left) look on. In the background, a herd of the titanosaurian sauropod Paralititan stromeri (left) warily regards these theropods and two individuals of the bahariasaurid Bahariasaurus ingens (far right) while a small flock of an undescribed pterosaur soars above. The vegetation is dominated by the mangrove-like tree fern Weichselia reticulata. Image credit: Andrew McAfee, Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

Fossil of Previously Unknown Carnivorous Dinosaur Found in Egypt

Jun 8, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have unearthed a well-preserved cervical vertebra of a medium-sized abelisaurid ceratosaur in the Bahariya Oasis of the Western Desert...

An artist’s drawing of the abelisaur. Image credit: Davide Bonadonna / Imperial College London.

Paleontologists Determine Size of Rare Cretaceous Dinosaur

Mar 1, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A partially preserved femur from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco has revealed the size of a large-bodied theropod dinosaur called abelisaur. An artist’s...