Carnotaurinae

Taxobox
name = Carnotaurinae
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous


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image_caption = "Carnotaurus".
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
infraordo = Ceratosauria
superfamilia = Abelisauroidea
familia = Abelisauridae
subfamilia=Carnotaurinae
familia_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* "Aucasaurus"
* "Carnotaurus" (type genus)
* "Majungasaurus"
* "Rajasaurus"

Carnotaurinae is a subfamily of the theropod dinosaur family Abelisauridae. It includes the dinosaurs "Aucasaurus" (from Argentina), "Carnotaurus" (from Argentina), "Majungasaurus" (from Madagascar), and "Rajasaurus" (from India). The subfamily was first proposed by American paleontologist Paul Sereno in 1998.

References

Sereno, P.C. (1998). "A rationale for phylogenetic definitions, with application to the higher-level taxonomy of Dinosauria". "Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen" 210 1: 41-83.