Name: "
Abel's lizard" (Gr. 'sauros' - lizard, reptile)
Species:Abelisaurus comahuensis
Family: Neoceratosauria
Order/Suborder: saurischia/
theropod
Time: late
Cretaceous; 70-75 mya
Location: South America (
Rio Negro Province,
Argentina)
Diet: carnivore
Discovered: 1985, by
Bonaparte & Novas
Length: 21-26 ft. (6.5 - 7.9 m)
Height: 6.6 ft. (2 m) at the hips
Weight: 1.5 tons (1,360 kilos)
Fossil Record: single skull, 33 in. (85 cm) long
Abelisaurus was named after the then-director of the Aregentinian Museum of Natural Science, Roberto Abel. Very little is known about it, except that it was a medium-sized theropod with a large head and rounded snout that superficially resembled Tyrannosaurus rex.