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Majungasaurus (/ m ə ˌ dʒ ʌ ŋ ɡ ə ˈ s ɔː r ə s /; lit. ' Mahajanga lizard ') is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in Madagascar from 70 to 66 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, making it one of the last-known non-avian dinosaurs that went extinct during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Extinct subfamily of reptiles Majungasaurinae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 94–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Majungasaurus crenatissimus mounted skeleton, Stony Brook University Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Dinosauria ...
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Abelisauridae (meaning "Abel's lizards") is a family (or clade) of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaurs.Abelisaurids thrived during the Cretaceous period, on the ancient southern supercontinent of Gondwana, and today their fossil remains are found on the modern continents of Africa and South America, as well as on the Indian subcontinent and the island of Madagascar.
The Maevarano Formation is a Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock formation found in the Mahajanga Province of northwestern Madagascar.It is most likely Maastrichtian in age, [1] and records a seasonal, semiarid environment with rivers that had greatly varying discharges.
Unlike in other theropods but similar to Majungasaurus, the crista prootica, which is typically a ridge along the otic capsule bone in the ear, more so juts outward as a stump. [2] Abelisaurid tibiae; G is Rajasaurus. Rajasaurus had a low horn on its forehead that is primarily made of nasal bone more than frontal, unlike the horn on Majungasaurus.
Majungasaurus is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so. This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on January 18, 2015.
Support - That's one ugly dinosaur! anyways this article is well written and comprehensible, it contains a somewhat small ammount of references but they manage to cover the text nicely, the image that dysplays the Majungasaurus crenatissimus compared in size to a human could be moved because its pushing the text down (at least in my resolution ...