In Depth
Initially thought to be a tiny abelisauroid at the time of discovery, the lack of fusing in the vertebrae is now seen as proof that the individual which makes up the holotype is actually a juvenile. Unfortunately, because the remains of Ligabueino are so incomplete, it is hard to ascertain exactly what kind of abelisaur Ligabueino was, hence the more general description of it as an abelisauroid.
Further Reading
- Cretaceous tetrapods of Argentina, Jose Fernando Bonaparte - 1996. - New Materials of Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson, Carrano, and Forster, 2001, and Implications for the Morphology of the Noasauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria)., M. T. Carrano, M. A. Loewen & J. J. W. Sertic - 2011.
