Complete skeletons have been described only for the most advanced abelisaurids (such as Carnotaurus and Aucasaurus), making it difficult to establish defining features of the skeleton for the family as a whole.
Potpuni skeleti opisani su samo kod najnaprednijih abelisaurida (poput Carnotaurusa i Aucasaurusa), pa je teško ustvrditi definirajuće skeletne osobine za cijelu porodicu.