Majungasaurinae
| Majungasaurines Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 76–66Ma | |
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| Display of Majungasaurus crenatissimus at the Royal Ontario Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Abelisauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Majungasaurinae Tortosa et al., 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Depéret, 1896 [originally Megalosaurus]) Lavocat, 1955 | |
Majungasaurinae is a subfamily of the theropod dinosaur family Abelisauridae.[1] The clade is defined as all abelisaurids more closely related to Majungasaurus than to Carnotaurus.
Phylogeny
| Abelisauridae |
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References
- ↑ Tortosa, Thierry; Eric Buffetaut; Nicolas Vialle; Yves Dutour; Eric Turini; Gilles Cheylan (2013). "A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: Palaeobiogeographical implications". Annales de Paléontologie (In press). doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2013.10.003. Retrieved 13 December 2013.