Majungasaurus
Majungasaurus | |
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Skeleton cast on display at the Royal Ontario Museum. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | †Abelisauria |
Family: | †Abelisauridae |
Subfamily: | †Majungasaurinae |
Genus: | †Majungasaurus Lavocat, 1955 |
Species: | †M. crenatissimus
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Binomial name | |
Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Depéret, 1896) [originally Megalosaurus]
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Synonyms | |
Megalosaurus crenatissimus |
Majungasaurus (/məˌdʒʌŋɡəˈsɔːrəs/; meaning "Mahajanga lizard") is a medium-sized theropod from Madagascar in the Late Cretaceous Period. It is related to the more famous Carnotaurus.