Majungasaurinae

Majungasaurines
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 76–66 Ma
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

Kryptops



Rugops



Genusaurus



MCF-PVPH-237 abelisaurid



Xenotarsosaurus



Tarascosaurus



La Boucharde abelisaurid


 
Majungasaurinae

Pourcieux abelisaurid



Arcovenator



Majungasaurus



Indosaurus



Rahiolisaurus



Rajasaurus



Brachyrostra

Ilokelesia


 

Ekrixinatosaurus


 

Skorpiovenator


 
Carnotaurini

Abelisaurus



Aucasaurus



Pycnonemosaurus



Quilmesaurus



Carnotaurus









See also

References

  1. 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.


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