The theropods were carnivores with a lightweight skeleton.
The footprint shape and narrowness of the tracks clearly indicated this was a theropod dinosaur.
Contrary to claims from some corners that theropod phylogeny is a mess, this work highlights the fact that a consensus has emerged.
This has been interpreted as evidence of theropod ancestry.
The premaxilla in abelisaurids was very tall, so the front of the snout was blunt, not tapered as seen in many other theropods.
I looked in vain for the terms theropod, cynodont and perissodactyl and yet some 10% of the definitions are apparently devoted to palaeontology.
The specimen, which has historical significance, has been erratically attributed to either a sauropod or a theropod on the basis of vague phenetic resemblances.
