- Length
- 7 m
- Diet
- Meat-eater
- When
- Late Cretaceousabout 95 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- Niger
- Named by
- Sereno, Wilson and Conrad (2004)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Ceratosauria › Abelisauridae
Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63
Lived at the same time
Other large theropods
- Gigantoraptor Late Cretaceous
- Nothronychus Late Cretaceous
- Segnosaurus Late Cretaceous
- Achillobator Late Cretaceous
- Carcharodontosaurus Late Cretaceous
- Deltadromeus Late Cretaceous
- Garudimimus Late Cretaceous
- Mapusaurus Late Cretaceous
Source: Rugops in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.