Majungasaurus
Majungasaurus is a medium-sized hunting dinosaur from Madagascar in the Late Cretaceous Period. It is a cousin to the more famous Carnotaurus. Fossils found of this Cretaceous species were first attributed to the closely related Majungatholus. But, now it turns out that Majungasaurus and Majungatholus were in fact the same dinosaur. Majungasaurus is also known as a cannibal, meaning that it eats others of its species. This usually happens in series such as Jurassic Fight Club and Planet Dinosaur.
| Majungasaurus | |
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| A juvenile Majungasaurus. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| 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 | |
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Megalosaurus crenatissimus | |
Majungasaurus Media
Original material described in 1896
Neotype specimen of M. crenatissimus (MNHN.MAJ 1), the right dentary of a subadult individual in the Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy – Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris
Type specimen of Majungatholus atopus: a Majungasaurus frontal horn misidentified as a pachycephalosaur dome in the Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy (MNHN.MAJ 1)
Majungasaurus compared in size to a human
Majungasaurus crenatissimus reconstruction
Skeletal restoration showing known elements of two specimens
Restoration of Arcovenator
Majungasaurus size reference
Restoration of Rajasaurus narmadensis based on GSI 21141/1–33.
Skull cast of FMNH PR 2100
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